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 • Joel Salinas
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Your AI Has a Job. Did Anyone Define It? (With Judy Ossello)
Context, permission, and handoffs: the signals your AI is missing
 • Joel Salinas and Judy Ossello (AI Mechanic)
Run This Red Team Exercise Before AI Fraud Hits Your Team
A five-step threat simulation framework for leadership teams
 • Joel Salinas and ToxSec
Why Your AI Images Look Random (And How to Fix It in 60 Minutes)
A guest framework from Pinkie (AI Meets Girlboss) on turning AI image generation into infrastructure.
 • Joel Salinas and AI Meets Girlboss
Most People Use AI Like Google, Explorers Treat It Like a Lab
A look at the small group of people who treat AI like a system, not a shortcut
 • Joel Salinas and Exploring ChatGPT
Build Your First AI Agent Without Writing Code: A Leader’s Guide
What AI agents actually are, when you need one, and a 5-step no-code build you can try this week
 • Claudia + AI and Joel Salinas
Perplexity April 2026: Every New Feature and Update (Full Changelog)
Ilia Karelin returns with the 10 Perplexity updates that shift it from search engine to research system
 • Joel Salinas and Ilia Karelin
The AI Accountability Gap That Could Cost You Your Career
Why ethical AI governance is the executive competency most leaders are ignoring
 • Joel Salinas and Cristina
5 AI-Powered Scams Targeting Leaders — And How to Stop Them
A deep dive into the new economics of AI-powered scams, and what leaders need to do about it
 • Joel Salinas and Mohib Ur Rehman

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Why Your AI Images Look Random (And How to Fix It in 60 Minutes)
A guest framework from Pinkie (AI Meets Girlboss) on turning AI image generation into infrastructure.
 • Joel Salinas and AI Meets Girlboss
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A look at the small group of people who treat AI like a system, not a shortcut
 • Joel Salinas and Exploring ChatGPT
Fractional AI Leadership: The Lifeline Between Doing Nothing and Hiring a $250,000 Chief AI Officer
Why most small and mid-sized organizations are stuck between two bad AI options, and the quiet third path that's changing that
 • Joel Salinas
What Is Claude Mythos? The AI Model Anthropic Won’t Release and Why It Matters
Anthropic’s most powerful AI found thousands of hidden software flaws. What non-technical leaders need to understand about AI risk right now.
 • Joel Salinas
Build Your First AI Agent Without Writing Code: A Leader’s Guide
What AI agents actually are, when you need one, and a 5-step no-code build you can try this week
 • Claudia + AI and Joel Salinas
NotebookLM April 2026 Update: New Features, Gemini Model, and Power-User Guide
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 • Joel Salinas
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After all your questions on who to follow for a certain AI topic, here is my list (as of April 2026)
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