Loop Insights (5)

Bad LLM! Admonishing my ChatGPT to Get the Ghosts Out of the Machine

I had to admonish my ChatGPT this week. I didn't feel good about it, but it had to be done. I was trying to create an image of me, Chris Boyer and Reed Smith to go along with a blog post about my...

04/18/2025

Practical AI

Touch Point Media Podcast Appearance

At a time of staff and budget cuts across healthcare, how can AI help marketers get all the work done and focus on the parts of their jobs they love most? It's a topic Chris Boyer and I dug into on...

04/17/2025

Marketing AI

In the Loop: Week Ending 4/11/25

Trying a different format for this week's AI news wrap-up so I can avoid the dreaded whitespace caused by the previous template. Upcoming Speaking Engagements I have three upcoming speaking gigs, two...

04/13/2025

Marketing AI

Speaking Up: Three Talks, One Goal: Making AI Work for Marketers

I’ve been talking with marketers about AI nearly every day this year—and one theme keeps coming up: "I know it’s important, but I don’t know where to start." That’s why I’m excited to hit the road...

04/12/2025

AI Agents

AI in a Snap: How Manus Gave Me a Glimpse into the Future of AI Agents

A couple weeks ago I wrote about AI agents – what they are and what they aren’t – and shared an experience I had creating an “agent” using Zapier to connect Typeform to HubSpot to Outlook. As I...

04/09/2025

Marketing AI

In the Loop: Week of 3/28/25

A quick summary of the week's top AI news. More with Less: How AI Can Help Marketing Teams Impacted by Recent Staff Cuts Marketing and communications teams have long had to run lean, but a wave of...

03/29/2025

Marketing AI

More with Less: How AI Can Augment Marketing Teams Impacted by Job Cuts

Literally every day recently there’s been a news story about layoffs happening in healthcare and higher ed. At the Federal level, there are sweeping reductions at Health and Human Services and the...

03/29/2025

Marketing AI

In the Loop: Week of 3/21/25

A quick summary of the week's top AI news. Cutting Through the Haze of AI Agent Hype No one can seem to agree on what an AI agent is, but it hasn't stopped the hype train from running full steam...

03/21/2025

AI Agents

Cutting Through the Haze of AI Agent Hype

By now we all know that the AI Hype Engine is running at full tilt 24/7 and is probably about to overheat (or maybe it’s already overheated and blown up…). The last couple weeks have been no...

03/21/2025

Marketing AI

In the Loop: Week of 2/28/25

A quick summary of the week's top AI news. Putting my AI Ghost Writer to the Test I often wonder how good AI is at learning someone’s unique writing style and voice, so I decided see if ChatGPT can...

03/03/2025