The “agentic” era has officially arrived. For the last year, we’ve watched a wave of AI tools—from Claude’s Computer Use to power-user frameworks like Agent Zero and persistent learners like Hermes—promise to handle our digital labor. But as the space gets crowded, one thing is becoming clear: “AI Agent” is not a one-size-fits-all term. We are moving away from monolithic tools…
To learn more about Local AI topics, check out related posts in the Local AI Series I have been busy at work the last few weeks and, understandably, have ignored some of the maintenance of my systems. I caught up this weekend and when I came to updating Agent Zero, I was more than a little…
Many people only scratch the surface of Microsoft Copilot—using it for basic email drafts or quick grammar fixes. However, recent features across the Microsoft 365 ecosystem turn Copilot into a powerful proactive engine capable of running complex, multi-step workflows. Here is a breakdown of what I think are valuable features to understand in the latest…
A reminder does not believe everything you see! Last night, I did something that felt equal parts futuristic and slightly mind-bending: I created a short video of my Digital Twin singing. Standing against a breathtaking Southwest sunset, my AI counterpart delivered a performance that looked and sounded remarkably like me. But here is the kicker—nothing…
As we navigate late 2025, the AI landscape evolves with lifelike avatars—Digital Humans—transforming business interactions. Discover their potential and key technologies.
The enterprise AI boom has hit a bit of a financial wall. What began as an exciting race to adopt generative AI tools across organizations has rapidly morphed into a budgeting headache. As companies expand from basic chat interfaces to autonomous agents and automated workflows, the underlying compute costs are proving unsustainable. Here is a…
There is a quiet revolution happening right under our noses—or more accurately, right inside our pockets. For years, the narrative around Artificial Intelligence was “bigger is better.” Tech giants raced to build models with hundreds of billions of parameters, requiring massive server farms and nuclear-levels of electricity to run. But in early 2026, the pendulum…
Back in December 2025 I wrote a piece about the early days of flying and what the Wright brothers did What the Wright Brothers Can Teach Us About AI’s Future. Today I am writing this one about the early days of electricity. In our modern era, the development and deployment of artificial intelligence echo the…
If you’re like me, always on the lookout for insights that challenge conventional thinking and offer fresh perspectives, then the latest episode from Gartner ThinkCast is a a great one that talks about reshape your understanding of AI in the corporate world, you don’t want to miss. Podcast Episode: “The Core Premise: Moving Past the…
The Fable 5 situation represents a significant moment in the ongoing discourse around AI safety and vulnerabilities. Beyond highlighting the challenges of preventing sophisticated jailbreaks, it intensified discussions among AI developers, security researchers, and policymakers about balancing powerful AI capabilities with effective safeguards. I needed to understand this move, so I researched it a bit…
If you’ve ever wondered why your AI chatbot suddenly slows down when you feed it a massive 50-page PDF, you’ve encountered a fundamental bottleneck in modern AI infrastructure. For years, we’ve served LLMs like a one-person kitchen: the same chef (GPU) does all the prep work and all the cooking. But as companies start deploying models at…
The “Fable 5 Incident” refers to a major, unprecedented national security intervention by the US government that forced AI lab Anthropic to abruptly pull its most advanced artificial intelligence models, Claude Fable 5 and Claude Mythos 5, from public and commercial access. The event marked the first time a Western government directly intervened to shut…
When most of us think about Artificial Intelligence, we picture a single, all-knowing brain. We type a question into a chatbot, and a massive, incredibly smart engine spits out an answer. It’s easy to assume that the secret to a great AI application is simply finding the biggest, smartest, most powerful AI model on the…
Copilot isn’t a single product or a single price — it’s a whole family. Free Copilot is exactly that: free. For personal Microsoft 365 apps, Microsoft 365 Premium is the consumer AI plan (it replaced Copilot Pro in late 2025). For workplace data and enterprise context, Microsoft 365 Copilot runs at $30/user/month. If you’re building…
For the better part of a decade, Nvidia has dominated the artificial intelligence (AI) landscape, not just with high-performance graphics cards but by building an ecosystem that locked in developers and researchers. Anyone looking to engage in serious AI development was expected to pay the hefty “Nvidia tax.” I have written before about the NVIDIA…
The artificial intelligence industry has experienced exponential growth in model capabilities over the past few years. As we have moved from models with billions of parameters to systems containing hundreds of billions of parameters, while expanding context windows into the millions of tokens, a new challenge has emerged: token efficiency. Every token carries a cost…
The landscape of software development has undergone a radical transformation in the last few years. As AI evolves from simple autocomplete to autonomous agentic workflows, the tools we use to build software have shifted from passive plugins to active collaborators. 1. The Origins: Codeium and the Autocomplete Era The journey began with Codeium (originally developed…
The AI landscape is constantly evolving, and at the forefront of this revolution is the MiniMax series, a family of powerful, efficiency-focused large language models developed by MiniMax, a Shanghai-based AI company. MiniMax models are engineered specifically to excel at high-throughput agentic workflows, long-context comprehension, and complex software engineering tasks. I have been testing MiniMax…
Imagine a highly skilled, tireless digital employee sitting next to you. You do not need to teach it Python, you do not need to show it how to navigate APIs, and you do not need to write a single line of code to get it to build a workflow. You just talk to it. This…
I get asked all the time: “What are you actually using for your AI Lab?” To answer that, I wanted to provide an update on how I’m building, testing, and deploying. But first, a little background. I’m a technology consultant and services principal, and I’ve been developing custom software since I was 15. I’ve been deep…
How I Bypassed Ollama and LM studio Limitations on my Ryzen AI NPU to Hit 50+ TPS If you recently purchased a modern AI-PC, you bought into a promising vision: a dedicated, cutting-edge Neural Processing Unit (NPU) sitting right inside your silicon, designed to stream large language models (LLMs) smoothly without draining your battery or…
The next generation of AI-capable laptops is being shaped by a new set of requirements. Users increasingly expect thin-and-light systems to handle demanding workloads such as local AI assistants, content creation, software development, and advanced productivity applications without sacrificing battery life or portability. Intel’s upcoming Panther Lake platform, expected to launch as part of the…
I have been using Agent Zero, but after watching the many reviews, I got curious about Hermes and decided to give it a try as a container on my Ryzen AI PC. Running autonomous agent architectures completely locally on consumer hardware is the absolute frontier of modern AI engineering. Moving from terminal-centric frameworks like Agent…
Everything You Need to Know About Massive Gemini Overhaul If you’ve been treating AI like a highly advanced search engine or a neat copyeditor, Google just drew a massive line in the sand. At Google I/O 2026 (May 19 through May 20, 2026), the narrative completely shifted. The era of passive, text-in, text-out chatbots is…
Google’s annual developer conference has always been a stage for change, but Google I/O 2026 delivered something most marketers were not prepared for: the complete restructuring of how search visibility works. The search giant has made it official: the era of optimizing solely for blue links is over. What Actually Changed at Google I/O Google…
Here is your comprehensive, fully revised, and complete blog post. For years, the discourse around Artificial Intelligence was dominated by the idea of the “Prompt Engineer”—the person who spent their time hunting for the exact combination of words, trigger phrases, and formatting tricks to coax a brittle model into producing a decent answer. If you…
Nvidia’s dominance in the AI hardware market is not solely due to its high-performance GPUs. The company’s real strength lies in its comprehensive ecosystem, centered around its proprietary Compute Unified Device Architecture (CUDA). Over the past decade, CUDA has evolved from a programming framework into the foundation of modern AI development, creating a powerful network…
Audio version: I have been thinking a lot about this in the past few months. also been helping some friends in the massive change we are undergoing at the moment. What made me finally get to writing this piece was a particular YouTube video by Nate Jones which came after seeing several over the weekend…
The workplace is moving beyond chatbots and into a new category of software: digital coworkers. These are AI systems that do more than answer questions; they can execute background tasks, manage files, coordinate workflows, and keep working on complex jobs with less step-by-step prompting. What makes this shift important is simple: instead of asking AI…
There was a time when choosing an LLM provider was simple: you grabbed an OpenAI API key, plugged it into your environment variables, and started building. But the landscape has fundamentally shifted. Today, building production-ready AI agents or managing complex enterprise workflows requires navigating a sprawling, fragmented ecosystem. On any given day, your architecture might…
I have been selling, managing and doing technology consulting for years, and I have to confess this term makes me tickle a little… “Forward Deployment Engineer” sounds like the kind of title invented in a meeting where someone wanted to make consulting sound cooler, newer, and more tactical. But behind the buzzword, there is a…
As enterprises scale their AI operations from experimental “playgrounds” to full-scale agentic workflows, a new bottleneck has emerged: Token Controlling and API Key Chaos. With teams of 6–10 developers or automated agents hitting multiple providers (OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini) and local servers simultaneously, managing individual accounts is no longer viable. Enter the AI Gateway—the centralized “Token…
Back in 2024 I wrote a blog post: How Much Does It Cost to Operate AI ChatBots? As we move into the new era of the token economy, the conversations, about tokens costs and power are very much part of the story. A useful model must account for real model pricing, utilization, infrastructure, performance, and…
Over the past 18 months, I’ve used many of the AI models, closed and open source and different versions — both locally and in the cloud. However, for some reason (maybe intentionally), I had never tried Grok. In fact, I had actively stayed away from it. That changed over the past three weeks. After seeing…
As organizations move from experimenting with AI assistants to deploying autonomous and semi‑autonomous agents, a new challenge emerges: governing what those agents actually do at runtime.This isn’t about who built an agent—it’s about what it can access, what actions it can take, and whether it’s operating safely inside the enterprise. That’s the problem Microsoft Agent…
The narrative around artificial intelligence has long been dominated by bigger equals better. Models with trillions of parameters, trained on internet-scale datasets, powered by massive GPU clusters—these were the benchmarks of progress. But something interesting is happening at the other end of the spectrum. Small models—measured in billions, not trillions of parameters—are proving they can…
In the fast-moving world of artificial intelligence, the narrative is shifting. We are moving away from a speculative era shaped by fears of total job replacement and existential risk, and into a more pragmatic phase where the real costs, physical constraints, and human complexities of AI are coming into focus. The End of the AI…
ServiceNow AI Control Tower is a centralized governance and oversight platform designed to give enterprises visibility, control, and accountability over AI systems across their organization. Launched at Knowledge 2025, it addresses a critical challenge facing large enterprises: the inability to see, manage, and govern the rapidly expanding fleet of AI agents and models running throughout…
The AI orchestration market is projected to grow from $11.02 billion in 2025 to $30.23 billion by 2030, with a compound annual growth rate of 22.3%. This rapid growth is attracting investment from both specialized AI companies and large platform vendors, creating a crowded and evolving competitive field. Please see companion blog posts on Microsoft…
It is funny how things change… a couple of days ago I posted about: Microsoft Copilot Growing Up – How to remove Copilot from your Device , and today… At a recent showcase in Sydney, Microsoft unveiled a glimpse into the next evolution of productivity: Agentic AI. This isn’t just about a chatbot answering questions;…
For the past year, Microsoft Copilot has felt like the uninvited guest that wouldn’t leave. Forced onto taskbars and integrated into nearly every corner of Windows 11, the AI assistant was met with mixed reviews—and significant pushback from enterprise IT departments concerned about data privacy and “AI bloat.” Following the April 2026 Patch Tuesday update,…
To learn more about Local AI topics, check out related posts in the Local AI Series In the landscape of Generative AI, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), and semantic search systems, vector databases have shifted from niche machine learning tooling to core backend infrastructure. At the center of almost every architectural evaluation sits a classic engineering dilemma: Should…
For the last few months, I’ve been working on a new book series called AI: Don’t Just Chat. I wrote it because the pace of AI has become exhausting for a lot of people. The tools change constantly. The advice shifts. What worked a few months ago can already feel outdated. Even people who are deep…
To learn more about Local AI topics, check out related posts in the Local AI Series If you are using Agent Zero and suddenly see this error, you are not alone: “`text ValueError: Could not find document for id 6oqX1vwBxV, got ID 6oqX1vwBxV not found. “` This problem can show up repeatedly, sometimes with different document…
In a previous post, we looked at how AI was used to manufacture a fake persona for clout. Although I love the sound and lyrics, it did felt cold because the intent was to deceive. I wanted to follow up with a story that is far more real, deeply creative, and, honestly, much more positive….
How the End of Information Scarcity is Redefining Human Value. It’s Not About Technical Skills Anymore A couple of days ago I wrote a blog post called The Economics of Free and Infinite Knowledge This one is follow-up to that one. For decades, the IT consulting world operated on a simple premise: bring the smartest…
Exploring GLM 5.1, the new open-source frontier AI model from Z.AI that challenges proprietary systems with 1,700-step autonomous agent capabilities.
How the End of Information Scarcity is Redefining Human Value. For centuries, progress has been driven by closing gaps—between effort and output, knowledge and decision, intention and execution. But a new dynamic is emerging: Artificial Intelligence isn’t just erasing the gap in what we know; it’s erasing the gap in what we can do. We’ve…
Exploring GLM 5.1, the new open-source frontier AI model from Z.AI that challenges proprietary systems with 1,700-step autonomous agent capabilities.
Did Anthropic just send a warning shot to all Agent builders? Impacts to OpenRouter, Cursor, Agent Zero, and OpenClaw For a while, many people used Claude models through third-party tools as if a normal subscription was enough to power everything. That is changing fast. Anthropic has now clarified that Claude subscription access is meant for…
The Milestone: I Published My Book. Now What? – There is no feeling quite like seeing your book live on Amazon. But as soon as my eBook and print versions were available, the same suggestion kept popping up: “Where is the audiobook?” In today’s fast-paced world, readers are often actually “listeners.” They consume stories during…
AI agents are moving fast from demos to real workflows. Two names that keep coming up are OpenClaw and NemoClaw, and they are often mentioned together because NemoClaw is built as a security-focused layer around OpenClaw. What is OpenClaw? OpenClaw is an open-source AI agent framework that runs on your own hardware and connects AI…
ALthough not much has changed, I am revisiting this topic ( Original 2024 post: What are LLMS ) as it has been a while, players and concepts are clearer now, Hope this helps! What Exactly Is a Foundational Model? A foundational model is a powerful, general-purpose system trained on enormous amounts of information, designed to…
Imagine having an intelligent assistant that doesn’t just answer questions, but understands the full context of your projects, your OneNote files. synthesizes information across sources, and helps you brainstorm, draft, and visualize ideas. Microsoft 365 Copilot Notebooks is designed to do exactly that. This new capability, integrated into the Microsoft 365 ecosystem, represents a major…
Summary: March 2026 Microsoft’s Copilot Reorg: What It Means for Microsoft 365 Copilot and Power Platform On March 17, 2026, Microsoft announced a significant reorganization of its Copilot efforts, aimed at turning Copilot from a collection of related features into a coherent, end‑to‑end AI system across consumer and enterprise products. For technical audiences working with…
Architecting the Ultimate Solo AI Partner for Client Acquisition As a technical solopreneur running an independent web infrastructure shop, you manage a fragile, complex balance. On any given day, you are the lead system architect tracking PHP memory drops, the front-end developer polishing complex JavaScript loops, the security engineer hardening WordPress installations, and the helpdesk…
You’ve probably sat through the pitch. Every IT services vendor you work with — or are evaluating — now leads with AI. Faster delivery. Smarter automation. Outcome-based everything. Some of it is real. A lot of it is repackaging. And as the person responsible for making these relationships actually work, the pressure is on you…
OpenClaw (formerly known as Clawdbot, Moltbot). It’s remarkable how quickly a tool can become indispensable once you integrate it into your daily routine. I still remember my first week using it—curiously has taken the productivity world by storm, and for good reason! With its impressive range of features, it has captured the attention of countless…
When I first started experimenting with Agent Zero, I wanted to keep things totally “temporary” and isolated from my own data. My mindset was simple: I didn’t want the Docker container saving any clutter to my computer. I wanted it to start fresh every time. For a few days, this worked well. Agent Zero was…
If you’ve been shopping for a new laptop, smartphone, or gaming rig lately, you’ve likely noticed a trend that hurts the wallet: prices are climbing. While we often blame inflation or “new features” for these hikes, a massive portion of these costs is tied to the invisible, incredibly complex world of memory manufacturing the demand…
Learning from others is the fastest way to realize what can be done. Instead of reinventing the wheel every time you sit down to work, you can stand on the shoulders of those who have already tested the ropes. This collection brings together GitHub repositories, video tutorials, and community forums so you can skip the…
AI development is rapidly shifting from cloud-first workflows to hybrid and fully local environments. Rising API costs, data privacy concerns, and the demand for low-latency inference are pushing organizations and developers to rethink where their models run. The Dell Pro Max with GB10 Desktop, enters this space as a compact, desk-side AI workstation designed to…
In late 2025, millions of people fell in love with a soulful, bearded country-gospel singer named Michael Bennett. His emotional performances — framed as America’s Got Talent auditions — dominated TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube feeds. Viewers cried, shared, and commented that his songs about faith, loss, and fatherhood “felt too real to be fake.” 4/17/2026 – Update: See…
I’ve watched a lot of tech demos over the years — sleek product launches, carefully edited research clips, the usual cycle of “proof of concept” presentations that never quite feel real. But nothing prepared me for the moment I saw a fleet of humanoid robots land synchronized backflips on live television. My jaw didn’t just drop;…
The buzz around Artificial Intelligence is everywhere, but the conversation is shifting. We are moving away from “chatbots in a browser” and toward Local AI Agents—personalized assistants that live on your device and work for your individual productivity. As we enter 2026, the winner in this space isn’t just the company with the smartest code;…
I written a few posts about tokens in the past, but as a follow up to my post: LLM Usage Stats on My Development Spree where I spent about $120 during a 45 day period to code using Kilo Code I got curious and dove a little bit more into what the cost of what…
As technologies, we’re constantly seeking tools that enhance our productivity, accelerate our workflows, and ultimately, help us bring ideas to life faster. Over a period of about 45 days, I embarked on an intense development sprint, leveraging AI models and a specialized coding assistant, Kilo Code, to build four distinct applications now successfully deployed in…
This blog post discusses the author’s journey into the world of local AI and agentic experiments. Starting with “vibe coding” and coding agents last year, the author then discovered AgentZero, a local, self-contained AI agent in a Docker container, which allowed for cloud-independent experimentation. In January, the author moved on to ClawdBot (now OpenClaw), another…
Apple’s Unified Memory has been a game-changer for Local AI and Everyone Else is Catching Up.. The buzz around Artificial Intelligence is everywhere, and one of the most exciting frontiers is “Local AI” – running powerful AI models directly on your device, without sending your data to the cloud. If you’ve been following the developments,…
Let your AI assistant send emails on your behalf — in minutes. Agent Zero is a powerful AI framework that can automate tasks, run code, browse the web, and much more. But one capability many users overlook is email sending — and it’s surprisingly easy to set up. This guide walks you through enabling Gmail-based…
OpenClaw was first introduced in November 2025 by Austrian developer Peter Steinberger, who originally published it under the name Clawdbot before later rebranding it. Since then, it has grown into one of the fastest-rising open-source AI agent projects, with coverage reporting massive GitHub growth, heavy traffic, and broad developer interest. What is OpenClaw? OpenClaw is…
When I first started experimenting with Agent Zero, my goal was to keep everything temporary and isolated. I did not want the container leaving clutter on my computer, and I wanted a setup that could start fresh every time. For the first few days, that worked perfectly. Agent Zero was still new to me, and…
You have AgentZero installed and running. Now what? Before you start delegating tasks and building automated workflows, it helps to understand what you actually installed and where everything lives. This guide walks through the file structure, explains how projects work, and shows you where to find the documentation you will inevitably need. What You Actually…
The tech industry is facing an unprecedented shortage that’s about to hit your wallet hard. Industry insiders are calling it the “Storage Apocalypse” or “RAMageddon,” and it’s not just another chip shortage—it’s a fundamental restructuring of the memory market that will reshape PC pricing for years to come. If you’ve been planning a computer upgrade,…
Agent Zero is an open-source AI agent framework that lets users run autonomous AI assistants in their own environment, often inside Docker for isolation and portability. It is designed for tasks like coding, web browsing, research, planning, and tool use, giving it a broader role than a simple chatbot. When It Became Available Agent Zero…
Choosing the right LLM isn’t just about performance anymore—it’s about the economics of scale. As we enter 2026, the cost of intelligence is dropping, but the volume of tokens being “burned” is skyrocketing. If you are building an AI-powered application today, understanding the nuances of token consumption is the difference between a profitable product and…
It has been fascinating to watch the transition from the early days of simple scripts to the complex, self-hosted ecosystems we manage today. If you’ve been following the AI space for any length of time, you know that for years, AI was essentially a “power tool”—something that helped you work faster but still required you…
I finished watching a conversation with Diarra Bousso, founder of DIARRABLU, and I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it. The video was created by the team behind Beyond the Prompt, a podcast and content series that explores how people and organizations are using AI in real work, with a focus on practical stories, frameworks,…
The world of AI development is evolving at breakneck speed, and with it, the hardware designed to fuel its progress. Enter the Dell Pro Max with GB10 Desktop, a fascinating piece of kit that’s carving out a unique niche in the market. This compact AI workstation aims to bring data-center-level performance directly to your desk….
As we navigate late 2025, the AI landscape evolves with lifelike avatars—Digital Humans—transforming business interactions. Discover their potential and key technologies.
Back in 2024 I wrote a blog post: How Much Does It Cost to Operate AI ChatBots? Today I am updating it with a bit more knowledge and information and pointing you to the calcultor I have created and use to explain this concept. Introduction Building a Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) chatbot is an exciting venture,…
As we navigate late 2025, the AI landscape evolves with lifelike avatars—Digital Humans—transforming business interactions. Discover their potential and key technologies.
For the past couple of years, I’ve written and spoken a lot about my AI discovery journey — explaining what AI really is. Not magic, but a system, a platform, a powerful set of tools. What I haven’t talked about much is how that journey has changed the way I code. This is that story. The Vibe Coding Phase…
I also wrote a shorter version on my Substack Newsletter From Kitty Hawk to Silicon Valley The departure board at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson flickers with destinations: Seoul, Amsterdam, São Paulo. I’m wedged into a terminal restaurant booth, laptop open, working on an application while my flight boards in forty minutes. On my screen, a local AI…
As a follow up to my How to Host Multiple Public Websites on Your Windows PC a few months bac, I am writing this one If you want to move away from expensive AI subscriptions and bring your data back home, building a local AI home lab is the answer. Today, I’m documenting how I…
When you hear about the latest large language models (LLMs)—like GPT-4, Claude, or Gemini—it’s easy to feel overwhelmed by their sheer scale. These models contain billions, sometimes trillions, of parameters. This incredible size is what gives them their broad capabilities—from writing code and summarizing texts to answering complex questions and creating poetry. But that scale…
A while ago, I was working on a tool to get my personal WordPress sites to backup to HTM. Learning the limits of Vibe Coding and specifically the capabilities of different LLMs. It started as a simple project, but with all of the things to consider (WordPress, templates, and everything that WordPress thoughts at the…
Artificial intelligence has transformed how content is created. Whether blogging, preparing academic essays, compiling business reports, or launching marketing campaigns, AI tools like ChatGPT make writing faster and easier. However, this convenience raises a crucial question: What happens when AI and plagiarism intersect? What Is Plagiarism? Plagiarism is using someone else’s words, ideas, or creative…
Many of us have already experienced the power of AI in writing code—tools that suggest lines, fix syntax errors, or even generate entire functions have become increasingly common. However, “vibe coding” represents a new paradigm that goes well beyond simple assistance. Coined by Andrej Karpathy in early 2025, vibe coding allows developers—and even non-developers—to build…
The announcement of Accenture’s layoffs of over 11,000 employees was made public on September 28, 2025. This move is part of a strategic AI-focused restructuring program aimed at aligning the workforce with the company’s AI-driven future. CEO Julie Sweet outlined the plan during an earnings call CNBC, 2025-09-26. Why the Layoffs Happened: Closing the Skills Gap CEO Julie Sweet has been clear: these changes are about skills. Accenture is…
Companion post to my blog Guide to Local AI: Picking a PC in September 2025 A few Videos I have found interesting in my research AMD Ryzeon AI PRO MAX Best AI Mini PC Deep Dives into Nvidia’s DGX Spark GB10 Video 2 Building AI Rigs for Rent (salad.com) Building an AI MAchine!(with MicroCenter’s help)…
I’m a freelance developer (well, kind of semi-professional, “Pro-am coder“, “Weekend and late nights warrior developer“) who loves to vibe code with AI. My go-to teammates are tools like Gemini and Claude, which I rely on for code generation and solving complex problems. It’s an amazing workflow—at least until the moment the AI drops a…
The future of AI isn’t just in the cloud; it’s right on your desktop. Running AI models locally offers unparalleled privacy, speed, and creative freedom. But with so many options from AMD, Intel, and Apple, how do you choose the best “Local AI PC” for you? Let’s break down the leading architectures and what they…
Copyright and AI wasn’t even on my radar until I stumbled across Jason Calacanis This Week in Startups podcast episode. I use AI tools like everyone else, but I’d never stopped to think about the legal side of things. Big mistake. I clicked on Jason’s podcast expecting maybe some light tech discussion. Instead, I found…
The 21st century is rapidly being reshaped by Artificial Intelligence, leading to the adage that “compute is the new oil”. This era of unprecedented growth, however, comes with a massive demand for infrastructure—specifically, colossal data centers and advanced microchip manufacturing facilities. While the promise of technological advancement is exciting, the rapid buildout across the USA…
I wrote about vibe coding and how much I enjoyed it back in February 2025 and since I been writing about my vibe coding experience So, if you’ve jumped on the “vibe coding” train – that incredible, intuitive workflow where an AI assistant helps you sculpt code from natural language. It’s powerful, it’s fast, and…
Coming from a personal experience, this was confusing, and it took me a while to figure out. If you’ve are looking into running AI locally, upgrading a workstation, or even just buying a powerful GPU, you’ve probably run into NVIDIA’s confusing lineup: the old Quadro cards, the modern RTX A-Series, and the consumer-focused GeForce RTX….
Back in August I wrote about The Launch of GPT-5: A New Leap in AI Intelligence and before that OpenAI Slashes o3 Model Prices by 80%: What It Means This time I am writing about how the very confusing naming convention OpenAI Models is now consolidating into one. For years, developers and businesses have managed…
Artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer just a buzzword for small and medium businesses (SMBs)—it’s rapidly becoming central to how they operate, compete, and grow. The past two weeks have brought a surge of news and studies highlighting AI’s transformative effects. Here’s what’s most important for SMBs right now. Check out my Resources for Learning…
The MIT report “The GenAI Divide: State of AI in Business 2025,” published in April, has been making waves ever since. By August, its headline claim—that 95% of generative AI projects fail to deliver measurable returns—was being echoed across headlines, conferences, and boardrooms. It’s a striking message, but one that deserves closer examination, especially given the limitations…
