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Rich Washburn
11 minutes ago5 min read
Elon Musk’s Stunning OpenAI Play: Could He Change the Game Forever?
Elon Musk just made headlines (again), this time with a jaw-dropping $97.4 billion bid to take control of OpenAI’s nonprofit arm. If...
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Rich Washburn
5 days ago4 min read
How I Accidentally Became Part of the “Process”
I’ll be honest—when Americans for Prosperity (AFP) invited me on their Freedom Tour in Tallahassee, I didn’t exactly know what I was...
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Rich Washburn
6 days ago3 min read
Inside the Legislative Process: My Journey with AFP in Tallahassee
Some experiences give you a new perspective on how things really work behind the scenes. My recent trip to Tallahassee with Americans...
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Rich Washburn
7 days ago3 min read
Deep Research AI: The Beginning of the End for Human Labor?
The AI arms race has reached another milestone. OpenAI's Deep Research is here, and it's already making waves—big ones. If early reports...
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Rich Washburn
Feb 34 min read
Why Prompt Engineering is the One AI Skill Everyone Needs Right Now
AI is Exploding—And If You Don’t Know How to Use It, You’re Falling Behind AI has officially gone mainstream. It’s no longer just a topic...
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Rich Washburn
Jan 295 min read
2025 AI Predictions: How DeepSeek R1 Changed the Future Overnight
If you thought artificial general intelligence (AGI) was decades away, think again. The future isn’t knocking—it just kicked down the...
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Rich Washburn
Jan 285 min read
DeepSeek: The Latest Developments That Have Shaken the Tech and Financial Worlds
DeepSeek’s meteoric rise from an AI side project to a global disruptor has set the tech and financial industries ablaze, with...
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Rich Washburn
Jan 284 min read
DeepSeek’s Janus Pro: The AI Model That’s Making OpenAI and NVIDIA Sweat Even More
Just when you thought the AI world had recovered from the shockwaves of DeepSeek R1 , the Chinese AI upstart has doubled down with Janus...
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Rich Washburn
Jan 283 min read
See! I Told You So, Guys: You Can Work Like a Futuristic Millionaire
Alright, let’s cut straight to it: if you’re not riding the AI wave right now, what are you even doing? I’ve been telling everyone who...
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Rich Washburn
Jan 283 min read
An Unexpected Canvas: AI Meets the Artists of the Weston Art Guild
A Night of Art, AI, and a Little Bit of Panic (On My Part) January 27th, I walked into the Weston Art Guild, fully prepared to be...
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Rich Washburn
Jan 284 min read
The Rise of DeepSeek: AI Innovation, Geopolitics, and the Market Ripple Effect
Artificial Intelligence is the tech world’s hottest commodity, and the recent developments surrounding DeepSeek R1 , a Chinese-developed...
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Rich Washburn
Jan 275 min read
So I Asked DeepSeek R1 to Summarize My Website, and It Made Me Sound Like a Time-Traveling Visionary from the Future
Okay, let’s just start by saying this: DeepSeek R1 absolutely crushed it when I asked it to summarize my website. I’m not even sure how...
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Rich Washburn
Jan 274 min read
DeepSeek R1: Has the AI World Been Scamming Us to Build Massive Financial Reserves?
For years, the AI industry has been synonymous with jaw-dropping funding rounds and mind-blowing expenditures. OpenAI spent hundreds of...
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Rich Washburn
Jan 274 min read
How DeepSeek Shook the AI Industry—and NVIDIA Along With It
Artificial Intelligence has long been synonymous with high budgets, cutting-edge infrastructure, and the dominance of Silicon Valley’s...
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Rich Washburn
Jan 264 min read
The Casual Consulting Method: How Authentic Conversations Lead to Authentic Results
If there’s one thing I’ve learned in my career as a technologist, writer, and occasional AI whisperer, it’s this: authenticity isn’t just...
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Rich Washburn
Jan 264 min read
From Stargates to AI: A Casual Chat Turned Consulting Deep Dive
It was supposed to be just a casual conversation—a friendly chat about the recent Stargate announcement by Trump and China’s latest...
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Rich Washburn
Jan 244 min read
From Busy Work to Breakthroughs: How Small AI Wins Sparked a Culture Shift at XYZ Insurance
In today’s workplace, it’s often the hidden inefficiencies—what I like to call “loose screws”—that quietly eat away at productivity....
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Rich Washburn
Jan 224 min read
Stargate Initiative: America’s $500 Billion Power Play to Lead in AI
There’s a rare kind of charge in the air—the kind you feel when history is taking shape right in front of you. Yesterday, President...
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Rich Washburn
Jan 213 min read
Stargate: America’s $500 Billion Leap Into AI Greatness
Ladies and gentlemen, history is being written. On his second day back in office, President Donald Trump unveiled a breathtaking...
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Rich Washburn
Jan 194 min read
OpenAI’s Super Agents and Level 4 AGI Innovators: Welcome to the Age of Recursive Progress
Strap in—2025 is shaping up to be the year artificial intelligence doesn’t just change the game but rewrites the rulebook. Rumors...
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