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How AI Assistants Actually Work (Without the Jargon)
A plain-English tour of what happens when you type a message to an AI assistant, and why that explains both its strengths and its odd mistakes.
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StarterAny assistantWriting Your First Good Prompt
A simple five-part recipe for prompts that get useful answers on the first try, with before-and-after examples you can adapt to any assistant.
4 min read
StarterAny assistantWhy AI Gets Things Wrong, and How to Catch It
Understand hallucinations, outdated knowledge and false confidence, then use a practical verification routine to keep errors out of your work.
5 min read
StarterAny assistantKeeping Your Private Data Safe When Using AI
What not to paste into an AI chat, how to check privacy settings, and simple habits that protect you and your employer.
5 min read
StarterAny assistantChoosing the Right AI Model for the Job
A practical framework for picking between assistants and model sizes based on task, privacy, cost and speed, without chasing leaderboards.
5 min read
StarterClaudeMembersGetting Started with Claude: A Beginner's Walkthrough
How to start using Claude from Anthropic, what its main features are for, and a few first tasks to try, with tips for getting the best answers.
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StarterChatGPTMembersGetting Started with ChatGPT: A Practical First Week
Set up ChatGPT from OpenAI, learn its main features such as custom instructions, memory and custom GPTs, and build useful habits in your first week.
5 min read
StarterGeminiMembersGetting Started with Google Gemini
A practical first-day tour of Gemini: where to find it, what it is good at, how to prompt it, and what to check before using it with work data.
5 min read
StarterGrokMembersGetting Started with Grok
What Grok is, how it differs from other assistants, how to use it for current-events questions without being fooled, and how to reach it from code.
5 min read
StarterMicrosoft CopilotMembersGetting Started with Microsoft Copilot (and Which Copilot Is Which)
Microsoft uses the Copilot name for several products. Learn the difference between Microsoft 365 Copilot and GitHub Copilot and how to start safely.
6 min read
StarterPerplexityMembersGetting Started with Perplexity
Learn how Perplexity answers questions with cited sources, how to ask for better results, and how to check that the citations really support the claims.
5 min read
StarterDeepSeekMembersGetting Started with DeepSeek (and Handling Your Data Carefully)
DeepSeek offers a hosted app and downloadable open-weight models. Learn the difference, why it matters for privacy, and a safe way to try it.
6 min read
StarterMistralMembersGetting Started with Mistral and Vibe
Meet Mistral AI, the European company behind open-weight models, its assistant (formerly Le Chat, now Vibe) and its developer API.
5 min read
StarterAny assistantMembersRun an AI Model on Your Own Computer with Ollama or LM Studio
A step-by-step tour of running open models locally: pick a tool, download a model, chat, and call it from code, with privacy and hardware realities explained.
6 min read
StarterAny assistantHow AI Agents Work - The Loop, Tools and Memory
A clear mental model of an AI agent: the loop it runs, the tools it uses, what counts as memory, and where things go wrong.
6 min read
StarterAny assistantMembersRAG for Beginners - Letting AI Answer from Your Own Documents
Retrieval-augmented generation explained without jargon: how an assistant looks things up in your files before answering, and where it still goes wrong.
6 min read
StarterAny assistantWriting an AI Use Policy for a Small Company
A practical template for a one-page AI use policy: approved tools, data rules, review requirements and what to do when something goes wrong.
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StarterAny assistantMembersUsing AI for Meeting Notes and Action Items
Turn transcripts and rough notes into clear summaries, decisions and owners, while handling consent, accuracy and confidentiality properly.
5 min read
StarterAny assistantWhy AI Answers Are Inconsistent and What to Do About It
The same question can get different answers. Learn the causes, from randomness to context to model changes, and practical ways to get steadier results.
5 min read