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AI News & Strategy Daily with Nate B. Jones
Hosted by Nate B. Jones · EN
Daily AI strategy and news for the AI curious, builders & executives. I'm Nate B. Jones, a 20-year product leader, AI strategist, and your guide through the noise. Most AI content is hype or generic advice. I cut through both with frameworks and workflows you can use immediately. Whether you're an executive making AI decisions or a builder implementing solutions, you'll get practical guidance, tested in real organizations. New videos every day on YouTube. Deeper analysis + exclusive playbooks → https://natesnewsletter.substack.com/
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Pick an AI Model That Fits How You Actually Work
Today00:13:26Summary readyFor deeper playbooks and analysis: https://natesnewsletter.substack.com/What's really happening as the model race expands into GPT-5.6, Fable 5, Grok 4.5, GLM 5.2, and increasingly complicated model mixes?The common story is that you should pick whichever model tops the latest benchmark — but the reality is that the best model depends on how you think, how you prompt, and what your hardest work requires.In this episode, Nate shares the inside scoop on choosing a model by work pattern rather than hype.Why “dumber” does not mean dumbHow model families develop different working stylesWhy benchmarks are evidence, not the selection heuristicHow Ringer pairs a strong architect with cheaper workersWhat knowledge-work AI still needs beyond coding harnessesFor builders, operators, researchers, and team leaders, understanding your own work is becoming more durable than memorizing every model leaderboard.Subscribe for daily AI strategy and news.Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
SummaryAI-Native Companies Run on Code: 15 Rules for Operators
Yesterday00:17:52Summary readyAI made it cheap to build almost anything. Most companies still ship at the old pace, and it isn't because their AI is worse than Anthropic's or OpenAI's. The real difference is what they've moved out of meetings and documents and into working code.Full post: https://natesnewsletter.substack.com/p/ai-native-company-rules?r=1z4sm5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=trueMy Links 🔗 👉🏻 Newsletter: https://natesnewsletter.substack.com/ 👉🏻 X: https://x.com/natebjones 👉🏻 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@nate.b.jones 👉🏻 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nate.b.jonesWhat's really happening inside the companies that ship AI features every week? The common story is that they just have better AI. The real question is what they rebuilt underneath the model to make that speed possible.In this video, I share the inside scoop on the 15 rules I use to move a company from tool adoption to real AI-native speed:Why moving repeatable coordination into code is now an operator's jobHow 15 commandments work together as one operating systemWhat changes first: roadmaps, meetings, documentation, and designWhere partial adoption fails, and why every rule has to move togetherMoving this fast is real, but only if you treat these as one system instead of picking off the rule that feels easiest to adopt. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
SummaryAgent-Shaped Work: When to Use AI Agents (and When Not To)
4d ago00:28:03Summary readyMost people bought AI agents and never figured out what to point them at. This is the one-minute test that tells you whether a task belongs in a chat, a single agent, a team of agents, or nowhere near AI.My Links 🔗👉🏻 Newsletter: https://natesnewsletter.substack.com/👉🏻 X: https://x.com/natebjones👉🏻 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@nate.b.jones👉🏻 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nate.b.jonesWhat's really happening inside the AI agent economy?The common story is that you need more agents. The real question is which tasks are worth any agents at all.In this video, I share the inside scoop on how to spot agent-shaped work: - Why buying more thinking now beats hiring or waiting - How four estimates sort any task in about a minute - What a 40-tool audit surfaced and what it cost to run - Where human judgment still beats every frontier modelThe agents already work. The scarce skill now is knowing which tasks to hand them and which to keep for yourself. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
SummaryHow to Trust AI Agents: Verify the Work, Not the Model
6d ago00:19:17Summary readyMulti-agent AI systems just went from research project to recipe. I ran 20+ AI agents across 4 model families to rebuild a website in one afternoon for about $8 — and the system caught every hallucination, every shortcut, and even the boss model's own bug without me lifting a finger.Full post:https://natesnewsletter.substack.com/p/trust-ai-agents?r=1z4sm5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=trueMy Links 🔗👉🏻 Newsletter: https://natesnewsletter.substack.com/👉🏻 X: https://x.com/natebjones👉🏻 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@nate.b.jones👉🏻 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nate.b.jonesWhat's really happening inside multi-agent AI systems?The common story is that hallucinations make AI agents too untrustworthy for real work — but the real question is whether trusting the agent was ever the right design in the first place.In this episode, I share the inside scoop on running a verified agent swarm: - Why one frontier boss plus cheap workers beats frontier-only pricing - How executed checks caught a hallucination, a cheat, and the boss's bug - How to audition new models before trusting them with real work - What a written constitution does that task-by-task prompting can'tHallucinations aren't solved — but with verification built into the structure, delegating big work to AI agents becomes a design question instead of a trust question. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
SummaryModel Routing Is Table Stakes. Here's the Real AI Edge
1w ago00:15:39Summary readyFor deeper playbooks and analysis: https://natesnewsletter.substack.com/What's really happening when AI execution gets cheaper but everything starts to feel the same?The common story is that cheaper models make advanced work a commodity, but the reality is that value moves toward the people who can imagine better work, bring context to it, and give themselves permission to run the experiment.In this episode, I share the inside scoop on why imagination x execution is becoming the operating question for AI teams.Why the $9 model test and the $40 model test mean very different thingsHow cheap open execution becomes an engine, not the whole strategyWhat the porch-mailer example reveals about new work no task list had capturedWhere context, permission, and technical imagination meetWhy the Stripe migration story is really about prepared infrastructureIf you are building with AI, managing a team, or trying to understand where frontier spend still matters, the question is not just which model is cheapest. The question is whether your task list has changed.Subscribe for daily AI strategy and news.Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
SummaryOne Reusable AI Agent for Insurance, Taxes, and More
1w ago00:15:44Summary readyFor deeper playbooks and analysis: https://natesnewsletter.substack.com/What's really happening when an email/calendar agent becomes useful enough for real paperwork?The common story is that AI agents need a totally new setup for every hard job -- but the reality is that the same safe skeleton can learn on email, then carry into insurance appeals and tax-prep packets.In this episode, I share the inside scoop on building one reusable agent pattern for messy, high-trust paperwork:Why email/calendar is the 101 where mistakes are cheap How the same skeleton moves into denied insurance claims What a cited appeal packet should do, and what it should not promise Why tax prep should produce a reviewable packet, not a return Where the human approval gate has to stay intactThis is for builders, operators, and anyone trying to move past cute demos into agents that organize real context, cite their work, export reviewable packets, and stop before the human decision.Subscribe for daily AI strategy and news.Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
SummaryWhich AI Model to Use for Any Task Without Overpaying
2w ago00:14:16Summary readyFor deeper playbooks and analysis: https://natesnewsletter.substack.com/What's really happening when every AI model suddenly looks replaceable?The common story is that model choice is the strategy, but the reality is that useful work comes from matching the model, the task, and the workflow surface.In this episode, I share the inside scoop on how to pick AI models without turning model selection into the whole job.Why daily-driver models are different from cheap workhorse models How to think about GLM, Kimi, Qwen, Claude, ChatGPT, and Codex What specialist tools are actually for Where harnesses and workflows matter more than raw model rankings Why fewer model choices can make teams fasterThis is for operators, founders, developers, and team leads who need practical AI work to keep moving even when the model landscape shifts underneath them.Subscribe for daily AI strategy and news.Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
SummaryHow to Build Your Own AI Memory With Claude or Codex
2w ago00:16:16Summary readyFor deeper playbooks and analysis: https://natesnewsletter.substack.com/What's really happening when agents stop being generic chatbots and start working from your memory, skills, and owned context?The common story is that AI agents are just another interface for automation - but the reality is that the ownership layer around memory, permissions, and workflow is becoming the product.In this video, I share the inside scoop on how an open personal agent stack starts to become buildable for normal people.Why memory changes what an agent can actually do How open skills turn repeated workflows into reusable methods What approval layers make agent ownership safer Where the personal agent stack starts to become practicalThis matters for operators, builders, marketers, and executives who want AI systems that work inside their actual context without handing away control of every account, secret, or permission.Subscribe for daily AI strategy and news.Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
SummaryThe AI Race Is Now About Context, Not Models
2w ago00:17:13Summary readyFor deeper playbooks and analysis: https://natesnewsletter.substack.com/What's really happening when every major AI story starts pointing at context instead of raw intelligence?The common story is that the AI race is still only about who ships the newest frontier model -- but the reality is that the next advantage is who can connect useful intelligence to the context where work and life actually happen.In this episode, I share the inside scoop on why OpenAI's restricted ChatGPT 5.6 release, Apple's Siri strategy, Claude Tag in Slack, Codex adoption inside OpenAI, and GLM 5.2 are all part of the same hidden pattern.Why frontier slowdowns make context more valuable How Apple is trying to turn Siri into a personal-context assistant What Claude Tag reveals about workplace context and permissions Why Codex had to earn trust before people handed it sensitive work Where open models create pressure when frontier releases slow downFor builders, operators, executives, and AI power users, the point is not just which model is smartest. The point is which intelligence you trust with which context, and whether you can route that context without locking yourself into one provider.Subscribe for daily AI strategy and news.Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
SummaryGLM-5.2 Is Cheaper Than Claude. Why You Still Can't Switch
2w ago00:17:35Summary readyCheap intelligence is here, but that does not mean the model is the bottleneck.In this briefing, I breakdown GLM 5.2, the cost pressure open-source models are putting on frontier labs, and why the next competitive edge is likely to come from the context and harness layer around AI work.The core question is not whether a cheaper model can answer a prompt. It is whether a team has enough of its own workflow, data, routing, and institutional context captured for that cheaper intelligence to matter.Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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