Summary In today's episode, I demonstrate how to connect third-party inference providers to the Claude Desktop application. Here's what this means for you. You can reduce your costs by using alternative API providers while still enjoying the Claude ecosystem's features. You'll also learn these concepts: enabling developer mode in Claude Desktop, configuring gateway URLs and…
Summary In today's episode, I explain how you can identify content gaps and unanswered questions to improve your visibility in AI search. Here's what this means for you. You can create content that addresses the actual needs of your audience instead of guessing what they want. You'll also learn these concepts: how to use Reddit…
Even livestreams need rehearsals. Every Thursday at 1 PM ET, you can catch me, Katie, and John (usually) on our Trust Insights livestream. Tomorrow, for example, we’re looking at the new plugins feature in Claude Cowork. (and they are very cool) What you don’t see is the prep work on Wednesday night. Usually there’s 2-4…
“How do I get {image generator AI} to deliver better results?” How do you get a human creator to do it? You certainly don’t do it by saying, “Hey Bob, can you make this picture better?” Bob will slap you. Actually, no he won’t. Being a creative, Bob will secretly make a caricature of you…
Claude Cowork makes MCP matter again. For about two years, AI folks have been pushing the importance of connectors and MCP – model context protocol – as the way that agents can communicate with legacy services via API. To be clear, APIs still matter a great deal. But for the non-technical user, APIs are a…
NotebookLM got a HUGE upgrade. Several of them, in fact. The two newest additions to the system include: – an infographic maker – a slide maker As well as improved video show makers, and adding full Deep Research to the system. And when you use the Deep Research tool, not only does it load the…
