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Practical, no-jargon guides to using AI in everyday life and business.
Getting started with AI — Layer 3: handing over the keyboard — getting AI to do things for you
AI has moved from answering to doing. Agent modes can now drive a browser, fill in forms, book things — and as of this month, safely get past logins. What exactly changed, the two ways to try it (ChatGPT's cloud browser and Claude in Chrome), which small tasks to hand over first, and the safety rules that matter.
What is an AI Opportunity Audit — and what does one cost?
A plain-English guide for small businesses: what an AI Opportunity Audit covers, what you receive, how long it takes, and why Simon Studios charges a fixed £950.
Getting started with AI — Layer 2: what it already knows, and what you have to tell it
The idea that makes AI far more useful: it comes knowing a huge amount in general, but almost nothing about you until you tell it. How to feed it the right context, why long chats go downhill, what 'memory' does, how to get up-to-date facts — and why it sometimes makes things up.
Getting started with AI — Layer 1: just chatting
A total-beginner's guide to trying free AI chat — Claude and ChatGPT, concrete starter prompts, and how to think about privacy.