Articles

3 published · same source policy as the courses

Short, reviewed pieces on practical AI topics. Every factual claim is registered against a primary source, the same honest-claims and source policy the course lessons follow — these are not marketing copy or unreviewed drafts.

  • 2026-07-17

    Before you paste that into an AI chat

    A practical data-confidentiality guide for anyone about to paste a document, email or dataset into a general AI chat tool — what actually counts as sensitive, what happens to it next, and where the UK's data protection guidance sits.

    • data protection
    • privacy
    • practical guidance
  • 2026-07-17

    Choosing your first local model

    A five-minute, practical way to narrow down your first local AI model — and where to go for the deeper, hands-on version in the Local AI Agents course.

    • local models
    • getting started
    • local ai agents
  • 2026-07-17

    What quantisation actually does to your model

    A standalone explainer of what "quantisation" means for a downloadable AI model file, what it actually costs, and how to read a name like Q4_K_M before you download it.

    • local models
    • quantisation
    • technical explainer