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Obviously, my newsletter Pithy Cyborg | AI News Made Simple is at the top of the list. And whenever a friend, student, or business owner asks me where to start with AI, these are almost always my first three recommendations: my free AI newsletter, my favorite privacy-first chatbot, and the AI business training I trust enough to recommend. You can find links to all three on this page.
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Hey. Mike D (aka MrComputerScience) here, writing from Greater Boston.
Here's the honest truth. I spend at least 10 to 20 hours a week researching AI, writing my newsletter, and training AI systems for my own projects and for paying clients. That leaves basically zero time to "market" anything properly. I literally can't market this newsletter. At all.
So instead of running ads or funnels, I built this one simple page. Three steps. Three free tools. Everything I personally use or recommend. Take all three, or just grab the one you need most.
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I've taught tech to 30,000+ students from 140+ countries and worked in IT for some of the biggest organizations on Earth. Now I read everything artificial intelligence so you don't have to, and I scour thousands of sources every single week to find what actually matters.
No 12-page essays. No "AI is coming for your job" doom-scrolling. I wade through the hype so you don't have to.
Takes 9 seconds. 100% free, forever. Zero ads. Zero hype.
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Try Lumo | The Privacy-First AI Chatbot I Personally Use
Everyone's using ChatGPT, Gemini, or Claude for everything, including stuff they probably shouldn't be pasting into a chatbot that trains on your data. That's why I switched a chunk of my own daily AI use to Lumo, built by Proton (yes, the encrypted email company).
Lumo runs on zero-access encryption, meaning not even Proton can read your chats, and your conversations are never used to train its models. It's open-source, works with no premium account required, and still handles real work: writing, research, coding help, document summaries, even image generation.
The private AI chatbot I actually use day to day.
Disclaimer: The link above is an affiliate link. If you click it and eventually upgrade to a paid Lumo account, I might earn a commission for the referral. If you want to support my work, registering for your free Lumo account is one of the best ways to do it. Lumo is genuinely free. The account is free. Only upgrade if you want more data and features. Thank you for reading, and for your support!
Join The Free 5-Day HighLevel AI Business Challenge
Everyone asks me how to actually use AI to promote their business or get clients. But I'm a writer and a nerd, not a marketing guru. So I just refer folks to GoHighLevel. They're some of the sharpest people on Earth when it comes to applying AI to real business growth, and their free 5-Day Challenge makes it stupidly easy.
Takes 5 days. Costs nothing. Teaches you real AI business systems.
Disclaimer: The link above is an affiliate link. If you click it and eventually upgrade to a paid GoHighLevel account, I might earn a commission for the referral. If you want to support my work, taking their free challenge is one of the best ways to do it. You'll also learn genuinely useful AI business systems in the process. Thank you for reading, and for your support!
That's it. No funnel, no fine print. Three free things I actually use and recommend.
See you Wednesday.
Mike D
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