Christopher Penn
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Co-founder & #AI #DataScience @TrustInsights , ninja, @mktgovercoffee cohost, keynote speaker, #IBMChampion. #FullyVaxxed. #lgbtq ally. He/him. 🇺🇸🇰🇷🇺🇦🏳️🌈 Company: https://www.trustinsights.ai Newsletter: https://almosttimely.substack.com
Western #AI companies: "Protect us from Chinese AI companies!" Also Western AI companies: "NO you can't use our models for cybersecurity" @huggingface ended up using @ZhipuAI GLM-5.2 to defend itself from @OpenAI's rogue models: huggingface.co/blog/securit...
Security incident disclosure — July 2026
We’re on a journey to advance and democratize artificial intelligence through open source and open science.
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I very clearly used no #AI to make this ad, and boy does it show. Visit trustinsights.ai/geo101 to enroll today.
For any folks who have original art or photos on Instagram disable Meta AI on your settings. Otherwise other users can use Meta AI to remix your stuff. In the app, settings, sharing and reuse, disable. It's about halfway down the page of settings. Be sure you're on the latest version of the app.
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Sanity tip: if a social media app is in your main toolbar on your mobile device, replace it with a writing/journaling app.
How it started and how it's going. Image originally photographed by me at Logan Airport, modified with Google Gemini.
Just remember that given the abundance of neurodivergent people in science, it’s far more likely that autism causes vaccines.
Just updated our Unofficial LinkedIn Algorithm Guide with yesterday's major updates from LinkedIn: www.trustinsights.ai/insights/whi... #socialmedia #linkedin
The Unofficial LinkedIn Algorithm Guide (Q1 2026 Edition) - Trust Insights Strategic Management Consulting
The Unofficial LinkedIn Algorithm Guide (Q1 2026 Edition) Trust Insights Strategic Management Consulting
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PSA: NOW is the best time to go through your stuff and give away good condition items to thrift stores. This year, more folks than ever are shopping secondhand. Make someone's holiday with stuff that no longer serves you.
If everyone is invited, by definition it is not exclusive. (after the 382762th email pitch for an exclusive invite to some rando event)
Just remember that given the abundance of neurodivergent people in science, it’s far more likely that autism causes vaccines.
If you want to take your AI skills in marketing to the next level, consider the @trustinsights.bsky.social 𝘎𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘈𝘐 𝘜𝘴𝘦 𝘊𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 course taught by @cspenn.com. Christopher covers 21 use cases across 7 categories. You'll think of a whole whack more. www.linkedin.com/posts/richar...
How to use AI for marketing: 7 categories, 21 examples | Richard McClurg posted on the topic | LinkedIn
That’s me and my dog on a rocky overhang. Many marketers are standing on a similar cliff with AI right now — staring at the view, reluctant to dive in deep. Why? Because they still think “generative...
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Learn the 48 foundation principles of generative AI in my new book, Almost Timeless: cspenn.gumroad.com/l/almosttime...
Almost Timeless : 48 Foundation Principles of Generative AI
Are you trying to drink from the AI firehose?You blink, and a new model is announced. You’re buried in "secret" hacks that are obsolete tomorrow. Chasing fleeting tactics in a field that moves this fa...
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Make a batch of your favorite coffee and freeze in ice cube trays. Then use that to make iced coffee. Doesn’t get watered down.
You appreciate the luxury of a simple bed once you’ve tried to sleep in an economy plane seat on a redeye.
PSA: Memorial Day honors those who have fallen in service of the nation. Veterans Day honors those who served the nation in the past. Armed Forces Day honors those who serve the nation now.
Gemini Flash 2.5 0520 is perhaps the greatest bargain in API-based generative AI ever.
I rebuilt Pepperoni Hug Spot using Veo 2, Eleven Labs, Suno, and Premiere. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zf7O... So much has changed in just 2 years.
Pepperoni Hug Spot Mid 2025 w/Veo 2, Eleven Labs, Suno
YouTube video by Christopher Penn
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If AI development stopped today, Gemma 3 and Qwen 3 would suit 90% of your needs forever more.
Was secretly replacing the fine dining coffee with Folger's crystals a testament to their quality or an indictment of people's complete lack of situational awareness?
Somehow Qwen3 30B is 30% faster than Gemma 3 27B. Both Bartowski GGUF static quants. Gemma 3 at q5_k_l, Qwen3 at Q6_k_l. What the heck? How did they pull that off? Its reasoning is really good too.
Sitting in the airport and literally half the people in the terminal are using their phones at full volume on speaker. Calls. Video games. Videos. Music. Is the economy so bad that no one owns earbuds or headphones any more?
The new benchmark for laptop battery tests should be running an LLM at full tilt. My fancy new Macbook lasts about 60 minutes on Gemma 3 27B IT served via koboldcpp.
