Artificial Intelligence, explained without the hype
AI moves fast and announcements move faster. This is where we slow down: what a given AI tool actually does, who it helps, and where the marketing gets ahead of the product. We cover chat assistants, AI features bolted onto existing apps, and the tools people use every day, tested against real tasks instead of demos.
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