You can’t become a black belt if you never practice white belt techniques. They’re basic. They can seem boring. Punch. Punch. Kick. Kick. Evade. But those white belt techniques become green belt techniques, become brown belt techniques, until one day, years after you’ve stepped through the door of the dojo for the first time, you…
It is becoming clear that generative AI exposed to the public must be an adversarial system. From jailbreaks to prompt injection to inherent bias in the models themselves, there is no model on the market today that can be put into customer-facing production, as is, with no supervision. None. Not GPT-5, not Gemini, not WatsonX,…
Proving content authenticity is going to be a matter of lineage. Here’s what I mean. AI companies in consumer interfaces are adding things like watermarks & fingerprints. But when you dig into the architecture, these artifacts are added AFTER the generation. If you use the actual models themselves, these fingerprints are not part of the…
This is a very big deal. Bartz, Graeber, Johnson v. Anthropic PBC ruling in the US District Court, Northern California District has ruled that training an LLM on copyrighted works does NOT constitute infringement because it is “spectacularly transformative”. DISCLAIMER: I AM NOT A LAWYER. I CANNOT GIVE LEGAL ADVICE. CONSULT AN ATTORNEY IN YOUR…
Summary In today's episode, I introduce the Model Context Protocol and explain how these extensions enhance generative AI capabilities. Here's what this means for you. You can expand the functionality of your AI tools beyond their native limits to handle specialized tasks like math or data retrieval. You'll also learn these concepts: the difference between…
Summary In today's episode, I walk through how to use AI as a sales co-pilot to transform raw CRM data into actionable pipeline insights. Here's what this means for you. You gain a practical workflow for building dashboards, scoring deals, and generating next-best-actions without expensive consulting or complex software. You'll also learn these concepts: how…
Summary In today's episode, I explain the importance of building a solid foundation for AI and introduce a free marketing strategy kit. Here's what this means for you. You can prepare your organization for successful AI implementation by mastering essential basics before chasing buzzwords. You'll also learn these concepts: why data governance and process management…
“Why doesn’t AI sound like me?” The recent academic paper “From Tokens to Thoughts” explains exactly why, albeit in a technical way. LLMs – the engines that power tools like ChatGPT – are compression engines. They take big data and compress it into small data so that AI can efficiently predict the next set of…
Summary In today's episode, I introduce the first foundational principle of generative AI. Here's what this means for you. You can master AI by applying it to every possible task until you discover its limits. You'll also learn these concepts: how to test AI across various workflows, how to manage data privacy risks, and why…
