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A 284-billion-parameter AI model should not fit on one local machine.

DeepSeek V4 Flash does.

In Episode 20 of System Prompt, Peter and Val explore how quantization, mixed precision, importance-aware compression, and speculative decoding make it possible to run a massive mixture-of-experts model on hardware such as a single DGX Spark.

Peter breaks down how Antirez compressed DeepSeek V4 Flash to about 81 GB while preserving enough reasoning, coding, and tool-use ability to remain useful.

Most parameters sit inside routed experts using roughly two-bit quantization. More sensitive components remain at Q8, FP16, or FP32. An importance matrix helps identify which compression errors are most likely to damage the model's behavior.

Peter also demonstrates the model running live through his local agent infrastructure at roughly 20 to 30 tokens per second.

WHAT WE DISCUSS

• Running DeepSeek V4 Flash on one machine
• Quantization and model compression
• Mixture-of-experts architecture
• Importance matrices and mixed precision
• Speculative decoding, dSpark, and Dwarf Star
• Continuous local inference
• Local models for coding, validation, and automation
• Human oversight and self-improving systems

KEY TAKEAWAYS

QUANTIZATION PRESERVES USEFUL BEHAVIOR

Quantization lowers the precision used to represent model weights. That reduces memory use but introduces approximation errors.

The goal is not to preserve every original value. It is to preserve the behavior that makes the model useful.

NOT EVERY PART SHOULD BE COMPRESSED EQUALLY

The routed experts contain most of the model's parameters and receive the most aggressive compression. Sensitive components stay at higher precision because errors there can affect the model more broadly.

IMPORTANCE MATRICES HELP PROTECT QUALITY

An importance matrix uses real model activations to estimate which weight dimensions matter most during inference.

Calibration matters because a model tuned only for conversation may become less reliable during coding, tool use, structured output, reasoning, or long-context retrieval.

FITTING THE MODEL IS ONLY THE FIRST PROBLEM

A model fitting into memory does not automatically make it fast, scalable, or production-ready. This implementation is mainly suited to one user with low concurrency.

SPECULATIVE DECODING IMPROVES SPEED

A draft mechanism proposes several future tokens. The full model verifies them, accepts the longest valid sequence, and rejects the rest.

Using dSpark and Dwarf Star, Peter reports about 20 to 30 generated tokens per second on a single DGX Spark.

LOCAL INFERENCE CHANGES THE ECONOMICS

Local models can support research, validation, coding, monitoring, and automation without creating an API charge for every generated token.

The hardware still has costs, but inference becomes owned capacity instead of a metered service.

CHAPTERS

00:00 Celebrating Episode 20
01:10 Committing to 100 Episodes
01:59 Introduction to Quantization
03:31 Comparing Agents and Live Demos
04:06 DeepSeek V4 Flash
05:23 Quantization and Model Compression
09:07 Importance Matrices
10:12 Q Weights and Mixed Precision
13:36 Maximizing Local Model Output
16:59 Speculative Decoding
17:52 Live Model Demonstration
20:06 dSpark and Dwarf Star
21:39 Future of Quantization
24:37 Practical Local Model Applications
29:04 Continuous Inference and Validation
32:29 Self-Improving Models
36:00 Fear, Competition, and Market Share
37:06 Hope for Local AI

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https://devmesh.tech/podcast/why-businesses-dont-trust-ai-agents-yet

AI agents do not earn trust because they work once.

They earn trust by working consistently, recovering from failure, and completing the workflows employees depend on.

In Episode 19 of System Prompt, Peter and Val explore building business agents with Microsoft 365 and Copilot Studio.

Peter demonstrates a COO-style agent grounded in SharePoint data. It reviews operational information, identifies risks, and hands report creation to a specialized subagent.

Then the report-writing agent fails.

The episode becomes a real-time look at what happens when an agent that worked previously suddenly stops, returns a generic system error, and gives the user no clear recovery path.

WHAT WE DISCUSS

• Building agents with Microsoft 365
• Grounding agents in SharePoint data
• Using subagents for specialized tasks
• Limiting tool surfaces
• Running evaluations and reviewing traces
• Troubleshooting failed agent handoffs
• Comparing Copilot Studio with Claude Cowork
• Why reliability affects adoption

KEY TAKEAWAYS

MICROSOFT OFFERS A PRACTICAL STARTING POINT

For businesses already using Microsoft 365, Copilot Studio reduces some of the work around authentication, permissions, distribution, and access to business data.

The opportunity is not just another AI model. It is an agent operating inside the environment employees already use.

AGENTS NEED REAL RESPONSIBILITIES

The COO Coach reviews operational information, identifies risks, prepares weekly summaries, and delegates report creation.

That connects the agent to a real business process instead of using it as a general chatbot.

SEPARATION OF DUTIES MATTERS

The main agent handles analysis. The report-writing agent creates the final document.

Smaller tool surfaces make workflows easier to understand, test, and troubleshoot.

AI SHOULD SUPPORT HUMAN DECISIONS

The agent identifies overdue invoices, missed milestones, declining margins, and other risks.

It provides information and options without making executive decisions for the user.

CONSISTENCY CREATES TRUST

The workflow had worked several times before the episode.

Nothing meaningful changed, but it began returning a generic system error during the live demo.

It eventually worked again after settings were changed, saved, changed back, and saved again.

That is not a dependable recovery process.

When a three-minute workflow suddenly requires 25 minutes of troubleshooting, the value disappears.

Consistency creates trust. Trust creates adoption.

RELIABILITY IS THE USER EXPERIENCE

Employees will not depend on an agent that works unpredictably before a meeting, review, or deadline.

The manual process may be slower, but users will return to it when it is more dependable.

A capable agent is not enough. It also has to work when people need it.

CHAPTERS

00:00 — Introduction
01:04 — Building Agents with Microsoft 365
03:40 — Creating the COO Coach
11:37 — Live Copilot Studio Demo
18:45 — Troubleshooting and Evaluations
31:59 — Copilot Studio vs. Claude Cowork
34:24 — Consistency and Reliability
40:06 — Impact on Real Workflows
47:49 — Loss of Confidence
50:14 — Why Trust Drives Adoption
59:41 — Call for Better Reliability

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https://devmesh.tech/podcast/why-no-one-uses-your-ai

Buying AI tools does not create adoption.

Employees need to understand why the tools matter, how they connect to their work, and what success is supposed to look like.

In Episode 18 of System Prompt, Peter and Val are joined by Jonny Havey of E-Learning Partners to discuss AI adoption, employee education, training ROI, and the role of clear KPIs.

The conversation examines why training programs fail when they are disconnected from business outcomes and how organizations can measure whether AI education is actually improving performance.

WHAT WE DISCUSS

• Why buying AI tools does not guarantee adoption

• The role of education in successful implementation

• Why training must connect to business outcomes

• How KPIs measure training effectiveness

• Why ROI is broader than direct financial return

• How AI is changing workplace education

• Why employees need role-specific training

• The difference between intelligence and wisdom

KEY TAKEAWAYS

AI ADOPTION REQUIRES MORE THAN ACCESS

Giving employees an AI license does not mean they will use it effectively.

They need to understand which problems it can solve, when it should be used, what data is appropriate to provide, and how outputs should be evaluated.

TRAINING NEEDS CLEAR KPIS

A training program should be tied to a measurable outcome.

That could include faster task completion, fewer errors, reduced onboarding time, higher adoption, stronger confidence, or improved customer experience.

The KPI should be defined before the training is created.

ROI IS NOT ONLY FINANCIAL

Training may create value through saved time, reduced risk, stronger consistency, better retention, and improved decision-making.

Those outcomes may affect revenue or cost later, even when the return is not immediately financial.

TRAINING SHOULD ALIGN WITH ORGANIZATIONAL GOALS

Generic AI workshops often fail because they are disconnected from the work employees actually perform.

Different teams have different workflows, risks, and responsibilities.

Training becomes more useful when it is built around real business processes and expected outcomes.

AI SHOULD SUPPORT WISDOM, NOT JUST OUTPUT

AI can generate information quickly, but information alone does not create good judgment.

Employees still need the experience and context required to evaluate recommendations and understand consequences.

CHAPTERS

00:00 — The Importance of ROI and KPIs
05:16 — Aligning Training Programs with KPIs
08:36 — The Evolution of E-Learning Partners
24:19 — The Impact of AI Adoption on Education
45:42 — The Role of E-Learning Partners

ABOUT JONNY HAVEY

Jonny Havey is the co-founder of E-Learning Partners and host of the Learning Transformed podcast.

https://elearningpartners.com

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https://devmesh.tech/podcast/food-discovery-stupid-good-ai

Restaurant discovery is still dominated by ratings, generic lists, and search results that often fail to reflect what a person actually wants.

In Episode 17 of System Prompt, Peter and Val are joined by David Leibner, founder of Stupid Good AI, to discuss how artificial intelligence could create a more personalized way to discover food, restaurants, and local experiences.

The conversation explores how Stupid Good AI combines community feedback, data science, and AI to move beyond static reviews and broad “best of” lists.

David also discusses building a vertical AI product, the changing software-development process, open models, and how user behavior can improve recommendations over time.

WHAT WE DISCUSS

• Why restaurant discovery still feels broken

• How AI can personalize food recommendations

• Why ratings alone do not capture individual preferences

• How community feedback improves discovery

• Building a vertical AI product around a specific problem

• The role of data science and open models

• How AI is changing software development

• Turning local restaurant data into useful recommendations

KEY TAKEAWAYS

FOOD DISCOVERY NEEDS MORE CONTEXT

A highly rated restaurant is not automatically the right recommendation for every person.

Useful discovery should consider taste, location, occasion, dietary needs, budget, atmosphere, and previous preferences.

COMMUNITY DATA CAN IMPROVE RECOMMENDATIONS

User feedback gives the system more than a single star rating.

Over time, patterns across reviews, preferences, and behavior can help produce recommendations that are more relevant to each user.

VERTICAL AI PRODUCTS CAN GO DEEPER

Stupid Good AI focuses on one specific problem rather than trying to become a general-purpose assistant.

That narrower scope creates an opportunity to build better data, workflows, and experiences around food discovery.

AI DOES NOT REPLACE PRODUCT THINKING

Models can support recommendations, classification, search, and personalization.

The product still needs strong data, useful interfaces, reliable feedback loops, and a clear understanding of the user’s problem.

ABOUT DAVID LEIBNER

David Leibner is the founder of Stupid Good AI, a platform focused on improving how people discover restaurants and local food experiences.

Learn more:

https://stupidgood.ai

Early-access users can mention System Prompt when contacting the Stupid Good AI team.

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https://devmesh.tech/podcast/enterprise-ai-training

Enterprise AI training is often reduced to showing employees how to use a chatbot or write better prompts.

That is not enough for real implementation.

In Episode 16 of System Prompt, Peter and Val examine why businesses need a deeper understanding of AI tools, ecosystems, workflows, memory, data, and operational responsibility.

The conversation explores the role of a head of AI, forward-deployed engineers, and internal leaders who can connect business problems with practical systems.

AI education should not be treated as a one-time workshop. Models, tools, risks, and capabilities change continuously, which means organizations need an ongoing process for learning, testing, and implementation.

WHAT WE DISCUSS

• Why basic prompt training is not enough

• Starting with business problems instead of tools

• Understanding AI ecosystems and integrations

• The role of memory and context

• Why employees need role-specific training

• What a head of AI should own

• How forward-deployed engineers support implementation

• The gap between experimentation and production

KEY TAKEAWAYS

TOOL TRAINING IS NOT AI EDUCATION

Teaching employees how to open a chatbot may create familiarity, but it does not explain how AI fits into workflows, where the risks are, what data can be used, or how outputs should be verified.

START WITH THE BUSINESS PROBLEM

Organizations should identify slow, expensive, repetitive, or error-prone processes before selecting an AI tool.

The goal is to improve an outcome, not simply add AI.

ECOSYSTEM UNDERSTANDING MATTERS

AI tools interact with data, identity systems, permissions, applications, APIs, memory, retrieval, and existing workflows.

Businesses need people who understand how those components connect and where failures may appear.

THE HEAD OF AI IS AN OWNERSHIP ROLE

A head of AI should connect business priorities, education, governance, implementation, measurement, and technical teams.

Without clear ownership, adoption becomes fragmented across departments.

FORWARD-DEPLOYED ENGINEERS CLOSE THE GAP

These engineers work closely with users, processes, and existing infrastructure to turn business problems into working systems.

Their value comes from combining technical execution with operational understanding.

AI EDUCATION MUST CONTINUE

Organizations need ongoing training, testing, documentation, and feedback.

The goal is not to make every employee an AI expert. It is to make each employee competent within the boundaries of their role.

CHAPTERS

00:00 — The Current State of Enterprise AI Education
07:27 — Identifying Problems and Solutions
19:01 — The Need for Deep Understanding
25:09 — The Role of Forward-Deployed Engineers
36:21 — The Challenge of AI Implementation

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https://devmesh.tech/podcast/fable-5-removal-model-dependence

What happens when a model your workflow depends on is suddenly removed, restricted, or made more expensive?

In Episode 15 of System Prompt, Peter and Val discuss what Fable 5’s removal reveals about dependence on a single AI provider or model.

The conversation explores alternative models, open models, operating costs, and the mistaken belief that openly available models are automatically free to use.

A model may be downloadable without a per-token fee, but running it still requires hardware, hosting, power, engineering, maintenance, and monitoring.

The broader lesson is that businesses should evaluate AI systems based on sustainable economics, portability, and the cost of completing real work.

WHAT WE DISCUSS

• The impact of Fable 5’s removal

• The risks of depending on one model provider

• Why businesses need model alternatives

• Open models compared with proprietary frontier models

• Why openly available models are not free to operate

• Hardware, hosting, and maintenance costs

• Sustainable economics for AI products

• How open models can support proprietary products

KEY TAKEAWAYS

MODEL ACCESS CAN CHANGE

Providers can remove models, alter subscription access, introduce limits, change pricing, or replace one model with another.

Production workflows need fallback options and a clear migration path.

ALTERNATIVE MODELS CREATE RESILIENCE

Teams should understand which tasks require frontier capability and which can be handled by smaller, local, or openly available models.

Routing and evaluation make it easier to move workloads when access or economics change.

OPEN MODELS ARE NOT FREE TO OPERATE

Organizations still need to account for hardware, cloud hosting, energy, storage, engineering, updates, security, monitoring, and support.

The correct comparison is total cost per completed task.

ECONOMICS SHOULD DRIVE MODEL SELECTION

The most capable model is not always the most efficient model.

Businesses should compare output quality, retries, latency, human review, integration effort, and operating cost.

OPEN MODELS CAN POWER PROPRIETARY PRODUCTS

A company can build commercial value around an open model through its data, workflow, integrations, evaluations, user experience, and operational system.

The model may be open while the complete product remains differentiated.

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https://devmesh.tech/podcast/ai-security-beyond-prompt-injection

AI security involves more than filtering bad prompts.

In Episode 14 of System Prompt, Peter and Val examine the expanding attack surface created by large language models, AI agents, tools, retrieval systems, and external integrations.

The discussion covers prompt injection, jailbreaks, system prompt extraction, context poisoning, supply-chain attacks, MCP and tool poisoning, sensitive information disclosure, and the defensive controls needed to reduce risk.

The central point is simple: no system prompt or single filter can secure an AI application by itself.

WHAT WE DISCUSS

• Direct and indirect prompt injection

• Skeleton key and crescendo jailbreaks

• Context compliance attacks

• System prompt extraction

• Context and retrieval poisoning

• Supply-chain attacks

• Tool and MCP poisoning

• Sensitive information disclosure

• Instruction hierarchy and policy enforcement

• Observability, testing, and defensive frameworks

KEY TAKEAWAYS

PROMPT INJECTION IS ONLY ONE ATTACK PATH

Malicious instructions can enter through user input, retrieved documents, webpages, emails, tool responses, memory, or external integrations.

Security must cover the entire pipeline, not only the chat interface.

UNTRUSTED DATA SHOULD NOT BECOME INSTRUCTIONS

AI systems combine system rules, user requests, retrieved content, and tool output.

The system must distinguish trusted instructions from untrusted information.

Retrieved documents should be treated as data, not authority.

TOOLS INCREASE THE CONSEQUENCES OF FAILURE

A compromised model response becomes more dangerous when the system can access files, send messages, modify records, execute commands, or call outside services.

Tools need least-privilege permissions, strict schemas, validation, and approval boundaries outside the model.

OBSERVABILITY IS A SECURITY REQUIREMENT

Teams need visibility into prompts, retrieved context, routing, tool calls, permissions, outputs, and failures.

Without tracing, it may be impossible to determine whether a bad result came from the model, poisoned context, or an unsafe integration.

SECURITY REQUIRES LAYERS

Useful defenses include access controls, input handling, output validation, sandboxing, allowlists, retrieval filtering, rate limits, testing, monitoring, and human approval for high-risk actions.

No single control will stop every attack.

CHAPTERS

00:00 — Celebrating Episode 14
05:14 — Prompt Injection and Defense
12:47 — Crescendo Jailbreak
17:51 — Context Compliance Attacks
34:24 — System Prompt Extraction
41:27 — Supply-Chain Attacks
48:20 — Sensitive Information Disclosure

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https://devmesh.tech/podcast/model-routing

Most AI applications are not powered by one model handling every request the same way.

Behind the interface, routing logic decides which model, tool, workflow, or fallback should handle each task.

In Episode 13 of System Prompt, Peter and Val examine model routing and why it has such a large impact on reliability, cost, consistency, security, and user experience.

The conversation covers deterministic routing, regular expressions, model selection, tracing, silent reroutes, fallback behavior, and the small improvements that turn a basic AI workflow into a dependable product.

WHAT WE DISCUSS

• What model routing is

• Why AI applications use multiple routes

• Deterministic routing compared with model-based routing

• Using regular expressions and rules to classify requests

• Routing work to different models and tools

• Why tracing and observability matter

• How silent reroutes affect the user experience

• The relationship between routing and output quality

KEY TAKEAWAYS

ROUTING DETERMINES WHAT HAPPENS NEXT

A system may send simple work to a smaller model, complex work to a frontier model, sensitive work to a local model, or structured tasks to deterministic software.

The route affects quality, speed, privacy, and cost.

DETERMINISTIC ROUTING CREATES CONTROL

Not every routing decision needs another AI model.

Rules, keywords, regular expressions, permissions, and workflow state can provide predictable routing for clearly defined requests.

MODEL-BASED ROUTING HANDLES AMBIGUITY

Some requests cannot be classified reliably through fixed rules.

A model can evaluate intent, complexity, or required capability and select an appropriate route.

That flexibility still needs testing and clear boundaries.

OBSERVABILITY IS ESSENTIAL

Teams need to know which route was selected, what tools were called, how long the request took, and whether the result succeeded.

Without tracing, routing failures can look like model failures.

ROUTING IMPROVES INCREMENTALLY

Reliable routing is rarely designed perfectly at the beginning.

Small changes to rules, thresholds, fallbacks, and model selection can improve the full AI experience over time.

CHAPTERS

00:00 — Introduction to Model Routing
08:14 — Types of Routing Systems
18:28 — Tracing and Observability
26:21 — Key Aspects of Routing Logic

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https://devmesh.tech/podcast/ai-hardware-shift

AI capability is not determined by models alone.

Hardware, memory, power, software support, and inference costs all shape what businesses can realistically deploy.

In Episode 12 of System Prompt, Peter and Val examine the shift from cloud-based AI toward device-level and locally hosted inference.

The conversation covers NVIDIA DGX Spark, CUDA, Apple silicon, RTX-class laptops, AMD Strix Halo, and the growing range of hardware available to small teams and mid-sized businesses.

The central question is not whether local AI is better than cloud AI.

It is when owning the hardware becomes more efficient than paying for every model call.

WHAT WE DISCUSS

• How hardware affects AI workloads

• The shift from cloud inference to local processing

• NVIDIA DGX Spark and the CUDA ecosystem

• Apple silicon compared with NVIDIA-powered laptops

• AMD Strix Halo and Gorgon Halo

• Local inference for small teams

• API costs and metered model usage

• Routing work between local and cloud models

• When hardware investment makes financial sense

KEY TAKEAWAYS

HARDWARE SHAPES WHAT AI SYSTEMS CAN DO

Memory capacity, bandwidth, power use, software compatibility, and throughput determine which models can run and how quickly they complete work.

LOCAL INFERENCE CHANGES THE COST MODEL

Cloud AI turns infrastructure into a recurring operating expense.

Local inference requires a larger upfront investment, but repeated workloads may become cheaper once the hardware is already owned.

The useful comparison is total cost per completed task over time.

CLOUD AND LOCAL CAN WORK TOGETHER

Businesses do not need one environment for every workload.

Routine, private, or high-volume tasks may run locally, while more complex work is routed to frontier APIs.

NVIDIA’S SOFTWARE ECOSYSTEM STILL MATTERS

NVIDIA benefits from broad support across AI frameworks and tooling.

That reduces deployment friction, but it can also create vendor dependence and higher hardware costs.

AMD COULD EXPAND LOCAL AI OPTIONS

AMD systems with large unified-memory configurations may make larger models available on smaller devices.

Adoption still depends on drivers, framework compatibility, inference tools, and developer support.

BUY HARDWARE FOR A WORKLOAD

Businesses should estimate workload volume, model size, performance needs, expected lifespan, electricity, support, and cloud alternatives before investing.

The most powerful device is not automatically the most efficient choice.

CHAPTERS

00:00 — The Future of AI Workers
12:12 — Apple M5 and NVIDIA RTX Spark Laptops
21:10 — AMD Strix Halo and Gorgon Halo
26:12 — Small Teams and Local Device Optimization
33:25 — Hardware Investment at Scale
40:21 — Inference Cost and Capability

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https://devmesh.tech/podcast/ai-regulated-industries

What changes when AI enters an industry where mistakes can create legal, financial, or regulatory consequences?

In Episode 11 of System Prompt, Peter and Val are joined by Joe Ewing to discuss AI in regulated industries.

The conversation examines how organizations can unlock value from AI without ignoring compliance, legal responsibility, model bias, data sensitivity, and human oversight.

AI can accelerate research, discovery, analysis, and operational work. But regulated organizations must understand what the system is allowed to do, who remains accountable for its output, and what happens when the model is wrong.

WHAT WE DISCUSS

• The challenges of deploying AI in regulated industries

• Balancing innovation with legal and compliance requirements

• Why organizations can overestimate AI capability

• Legal responsibility for AI-assisted decisions

• How AI may affect legal research and discovery

• Training and internal accountability

• Whether junior employees should manage AI systems

• Legal liability and model bias in fintech

• The role of government in AI regulation

• Why experimentation still needs legal oversight

KEY TAKEAWAYS

COMPLIANCE CANNOT BE ADDED LATER

Data access, permissions, output review, documentation, and legal responsibility should be considered during system design.

AI CAN SUPPORT DECISIONS WITHOUT OWNING THEM

AI can review information, identify patterns, summarize records, and prepare possible actions.

That does not mean the model should make final legal, financial, employment, or compliance decisions.

OVERESTIMATING AI CREATES RISK

AI systems can produce confident responses even when the underlying information is incomplete or incorrect.

In regulated environments, a convincing mistake can create legal exposure, financial harm, or damage to customers.

TRAINING MUST MATCH RESPONSIBILITY

Employees need to understand which tools are approved, what data can be entered, how outputs should be validated, and when results must be escalated.

Responsibility should not be assigned to junior workers simply because they are comfortable using AI.

MODEL BIAS CAN BECOME BUSINESS LIABILITY

Bias in data or model behavior can affect lending, hiring, insurance, and other regulated decisions.

Organizations need testing, documentation, monitoring, and human review to identify unsupported or unequal outcomes.

CHAPTERS

00:00 — AI in Regulated Industries
06:36 — Ethical and Legal Implications
16:27 — AI and Legal Responsibility
23:49 — Unlocking Opportunities with AI
33:00 — Government AI and Regulation
40:08 — ChatGPT and Regulatory Implications

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https://youtu.be/2RNvDAIafoY

ABOUT JOE EWING

Joe Ewing joins System Prompt to discuss AI regulation, legal responsibility, compliance, fintech, and practical oversight.

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