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Adopting AI, without the jargon

Practical writing from o1 Labs on adoption, measurement, governance and what AI is doing to how people learn. Every figure is linked to the study it came from, and you can listen to any article instead of reading it.

How fast are jobs actually changing? Reading the 2026 data honestly

The skills-change number in your board deck comes from an employer opinion survey, and it moved down last year. Here is what the payroll and job-posting data actually shows.

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What AI training is actually worth: the measurement problem nobody wants to name

In one trial developers were 19% slower with AI and believed they were 20% faster. If your evaluation is a post-course survey, that is the size of error you may be reporting.

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AI literacy is now a legal obligation. Most L&D teams have not noticed.

EU regulators gained enforcement powers over workplace AI literacy this month. What the rule actually asks for, what it does not, and why compliance is the weaker argument.

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AI is taking entry-level work. That is where people learn.

Entry-level roles in exposed occupations are shrinking while AI helps juniors most. New evidence suggests using AI to do the work reduces what you learn from it.

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Agentic AI, explained for teams that actually ship

"Agentic AI" is everywhere and means something slightly different to everyone. Here's the plain-English version we use with clients, what agents are, where they help, and where they quietly fail.

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Why most enterprise AI pilots stall

Almost every company has run an AI pilot. Far fewer have an AI capability. The gap is where budgets evaporate, and it's almost never the model's fault.

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Gemini or Claude? A practical way to choose

Stop asking which model is "best." A practical framework for matching today's models to the actual work your team needs done, and why you'll likely use more than one.

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How to run an AI workshop your team actually remembers

A one-off AI talk wears off in a week. Here's how we design hands-on workshops that change how a team works, drawn from years in the classroom.

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