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AI's First Copyright: Behind the Breakthrough
The first AI copyright in the world goes to a Chinese AI artist, and nobody talks about it or likely even knows about it.Recognizing the importance and direction of human beings with Generative AI seems evident to those who use it. Why do courts throughou
AI B2B Co-Pilots: Stop Tech Talk, Boost Sales by Listening
Listen to the engineer speak driving the AI industry and you understand why adoption is slow. When you listen, you learn what the customer wants. Most engineers are so excited, for good reason, they spiel about features without asking the person what they
1800X Faster AI Agent Reveals Obscure AI Stocks
Most AI Agents talk about what theyll do in 2-3 years, based on predictions of the future and suspect business models.Then theres LevelFields.ai, an AI Agent that automates the research and evaluation process for the stock market. Developed using a prop
The AI Bubble Burst Wakes Up....
How can I help a small company with 20 employees be more efficient and productive? It should be obvious, right?But that's what the CEO asked me. And the only use cases he could really cite were some tricks and things done on social media. Is that our best
The AI Entrepreneurs with Jobs! No Garage Startups
Since the early days of the Internet (and long before), the romantic image of the entrepreneur as a visionary individual, working in a garage, fueled by passion and top ramen. These change the world kind of characters are easy to remember, from Steve Job
What is AI's Perfect Question? Prompting Q&A
Starting to prompt, I have so many ideas and questions I'd throw them together. Heres the question spoken back to me:Writing a historical accuracy fact checking article, outline why the 1970's economic downspin with high inflation was ended by technolo
Beyond Prompts: Teaching AI Your Why
Watching that hand go up in the back really nervously asking me a question at the end of a workshop almost made me cringe. "Where do I buy prompts?" After teaching people about generative AI, I had to help them figure out just what the data part was.Givin
DIY AI Agent Roadmap (Easy Guide)
"Start with the customer. What are they telling you in the agent space that they want or is missing?" Richmond AlakeIn the early days of AI, Agents come with a bit of hype and a ton of promise, if you begin with simple steps.This DIY AI Agent Roadmap walk
You Are What You Engage: The AI Attention Code
Infinite scrolling. Social media is like swimming upstream. The further you go, the more content you see. And then that weird old newspaper viral image that snapped up everywhere on my social media last week. Out of nowhere. From people I haven't connecte
Hallucinating Trust in AI - Believing is Seeing while Building Bridges over AI's Troubled Waters
Last year it was all "AI First" - put in AI and let the disruption begin. Believing is seeing like seeing is believing, and in this case its like an entire AI industry screams of the insane future coming, while Googles AI Overview suggests putting glue