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Working with Legal and Security without panic
Legal and Security are teammates, not the enemy. Learn a PII sensitivity ladder, least privilege for analyst work, a calm intake card for vendor requests, and a recap of Data stewardship at work before Practical AI.
RAG in plain English
RAG means retrieve company docs, then ask the model with that context. Part 5 of Practical AI for analytics people explains the…
I care about privacy and running things myself
You care about privacy or running things yourself. This part splits closed chat apps, hosted open models, and local runners, and it…
Grok for writing, explaining, and brainstorming
Grok can draft, explain, and brainstorm faster than you can type. This tutorial gives you three jobs, prompt ingredients you still own,…
Photos, screenshots, PDFs, and multimodal basics
Photos, screenshots, and PDFs make Gemini feel magical and easy to overtrust. Part 5 gives structured prompts, a safe upload ladder, and…
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