AI watermarking has arrived, but "did a machine write this?" is the wrong question. The better one: who did the thinking, who checked it, and who's accountable for it? My take on why accountability beats detection: https://www.gethynellis.com/2026/08/ai-watermarking-accountability-beats-detection/

AI Watermarking: Accountability Beats Detection - Gethyn Ellis

AI watermarking shows that AI was involved, not who did the thinking. Learn why ownership, human review and professional judgement matter more.

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Off to watch Wolves. New season never get old 🤣

I've spent the last two months writing about the parts of an evidence-first, AI-assisted job search. This post is the assembly instructions: a 30-day plan you can actually follow. https://www.gethynellis.com/2026/08/30-day-job-search-plan-with-ai/

The 30-Day Job Search Plan: Evidence-First, AI-Assisted - Gethyn Ellis

A 30 day job search plan that uses AI properly: evidence bank, targeted applications, tested cover letters and mock interviews. Week by week.

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So Farage scrapes home in a 1 horse 🐎 race. Time to investigate the £5 million “gift” properly.

We'd like to keep this event going and get the user groups going again but Jim Donahoe, Stephanie Bruno, myself and others have had less time and energy to organize this year. Right now I don't expect a Day of Data Pittsburgh 2027 unless we can expand out the team. forms.gle/WLgZTnz8RtBs... 2/2

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SQLSaturday Pittsburgh 2026: Call for Speakers

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Ask ChatGPT for a mock interview and it'll tell you every answer was great. That's the problem. Here's how to make AI push back, challenge weak answers and find the gaps before a real interviewer does. https://www.gethynellis.com/2026/08/ai-mock-interview-practice/

AI Mock Interviews That Push Back: Prep That Works - Gethyn Ellis

Default AI mock interviews are too agreeable to help. Get the push-back prompt, the rehearsal loop, and how to prep when the interviewer is AI.

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You might not guess how tonights bedtime story went

Your CV is structured data, so AI phrasing hides well there. The cover letter is the danger zone. Here's how to use AI on cover letters and still sound like a human: https://www.gethynellis.com/2026/08/cover-letter-with-ai-detection-test/

Cover Letters With AI: Pass the Detection Test First - Gethyn Ellis

Generated cover letters get filtered. Learn the five-check AI-detection test, an evidence-first prompt, and why the detector run comes last.

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Been using ChatGPT to illustrate my Seth and Jake stories I make for my 4 yr olds bed time. It was a scary stormy night in frosty bay last night.

Tomorrow: free executive webinar - From Pilots to Production. How to build agentic AI capability with the IT team you already have, on the Microsoft stack you already pay for. Real 12-week delivery, real outcomes, honestly labelled. Recorded for all registered. gethynellis.app/community/ev...

Pasting a job advert into ChatGPT and asking it to write your CV is the most tempting mistake in AI-assisted job hunting. Use AI to tailor what you've actually done, not to invent it. Here's how: https://www.gethynellis.com/2026/08/tailor-your-cv-with-ai/

Tailor Your CV With AI: Don't Let It Write From Nothing - Gethyn Ellis

Generated CVs fail AI screening. Learn to tailor your CV with AI from your real evidence instead: prompts, a before and after, and the honesty rule.

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From Pilots to Production — building agentic AI capability in your existing IT team. Free webinar for CDOs, CIOs and COOs, Wednesday 12 August, 10:30 BST, live on Teams. Recording sent to all registrants. gethynellis.app/community/ev...

Community Events — Webinars & Live Sessions | Gethyn Ellis

Free and member-only webinars, live sessions, office hours and workshops on Microsoft Copilot, AI adoption, Power BI and Data Platform.

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The EFL kicks off this weekend, the Premier League two weeks later. If your club needs a fundraiser this season, now's the time to start one. Here's how Last Person Standing works for 2026/27: https://www.gethynellis.com/2026/08/last-person-standing-fundraiser-2026-27/

Last Person Standing: Football Club Fundraiser 2026/27 - Gethyn Ellis

The EFL kicks off this week and the Premier League follows in two. Set up a Last Person Standing fundraiser for your football club before kick-off.

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Most job adverts are badly written: real requirements mixed with wish-lists and HR boilerplate. But there are clues in there about what's actually happening inside the team. Here's how I use AI to decode an advert before I apply. https://www.gethynellis.com/2026/08/decode-job-adverts-with-ai/

Copilot users can now schedule recurring prompts to agents like Analyst and Idea Coach. Looks like a small productivity feature. It isn't "unattended automation needs an owner, a review cycle and an operating model. https://www.gethynellis.com/2026/08/scheduled-copilot-agents-operating-model/

Scheduled Copilot Agents Need an Operating Model - Gethyn Ellis

Scheduled Microsoft 365 Copilot prompts turn AI into recurring business processes. How to manage ownership, data access, monitoring, cost and retirement.

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Microsoft has a new certification: AB-620, AI Agent Builder Associate. I've broken down what it covers, who it's for, and why it tells you something about where enterprise AI agents are heading. https://www.gethynellis.com/2026/08/ab-620-ai-agent-builder-certification/

AB-620 Explained: Microsoft’s New AI Agent Builder Certification - Gethyn Ellis

AB-620 is Microsoft's new AI Agent Builder Associate certification. What it covers, who it's for, and why it signals the shift to enterprise AI agents.

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Microsoft is retiring the Fabric data agent integration in Copilot for Power BI on 26 August 2026. Data agents aren't going away; you'll need to access them through Fabric, M365 Copilot, Copilot Studio, Foundry or MCP. community.fabric.microsoft.com/t5/Fabric-Up... #MicrosoftFabric #PowerBI #AI

Retirement of Fabric data agent integration in Copilot in Power BI

Nearly a year ago, we announced the integration between Fabric data agent and Copilot in Power BI, allowing users to access a Fabric data agent directly from Copilot in Power BI. This integration enab...

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Applying for jobs in 2026? You're probably using AI. So is the person screening you. Here's the state of play for job seekers — and what it means if you're the one hiring. https://www.gethynellis.com/2026/08/ai-in-recruitment-2026/

AI in Recruitment 2026: The State of Play for Job Seekers - Gethyn Ellis

AI now sits on both sides of the hiring table. The 2026 UK data on AI in recruitment, and what it means for how you apply.

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Something different from me this week: a guide to running a Last Person Standing fundraiser for football clubs. If you help run a grassroots club, this one's for you. https://www.gethynellis.com/2026/08/last-person-standing-fundraiser-2/

Last Person Standing Fundraiser: A Guide for Football Clubs - Gethyn Ellis

How a Last Person Standing fundraiser works and how your football club can run one, with clear rules, a worked example and a step-by-step plan.

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The worst CV I've seen this year was beautifully written. Clean structure, confident language, nothing underneath it. AI can polish your words, but it can't supply the evidence. Build the evidence bank first. https://www.gethynellis.com/2026/07/using-ai-to-write-your-cv/

Using AI to Write Your CV? Build the Evidence Bank First - Gethyn Ellis

Most people using AI to write a CV get generic sludge back. Build an evidence bank first and AI becomes your advantage. Here's the method.

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Can you name all 35 players who are members of the premier leagues 100 club. You have five minutes. lastpersonstanding.net/quiz/premier... Let me know if you top the leaderboard.

World Cup 2026 Last Person Standing & Predictor

Free World Cup 2026 survivor pool, predictor and sweepstake. Pick a nation each matchday — survive or be eliminated.

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Most people don't have an AI problem. They have a prompting problem. I've made my Prompt Frameworks tool free because good prompts should be repeatable, not something only a few people can write. gethynellis.app/tools/prompt... #ArtificialIntelligence #PromptEngineering #MicrosoftCopilot

AI Prompt Frameworks Workshop | Free Prompt Generator

Build production-ready AI prompts with 8 proven frameworks — RTF, BAB, CARE, CRIT, RISE, CO-STAR, RODES, APE. Free tool for ChatGPT, Copilot & Gemini.

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Right, football people — I need you to restore my dignity. I scored 19/35 naming the Premier League 100 Club in five minutes, on the quiz platform I built myself. Free to play, 5minutes, live leaderboard if you register. lastpersonstanding.net/quiz/premier-league-100-club

World Cup 2026 Last Person Standing & Predictor

Free World Cup 2026 survivor pool, predictor and sweepstake. Pick a nation each matchday — survive or be eliminated.

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Watching the replays. Argentina disgraceful.

Complete lack of class from Argentina at the end. Best team won. Well done Spain 🇪🇸

The era of AI novelty is over. The era of value has started. Experimenting got you familiar with AI. Structure is what gets you productivity from it. I put the 8 prompt frameworks I use with clients into a free tool. Structured prompt in under a minute: gethynellis.app/tools/prompt-frameworks

AI Prompt Frameworks Workshop | Free Prompt Generator

Build production-ready AI prompts with 8 proven frameworks — RTF, BAB, CARE, CRIT, RISE, CO-STAR, RODES, APE. Free tool for ChatGPT, Copilot & Gemini.

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670+ players started our World Cup Last Person Standing. 38 remain. Only 4 teams left to pick from — and 13 survivors are down to a single team they were forced into weeks ago. The "safe" early pick is borrowed from your future self. Full breakdown: www.gethynellis.com/2026/07/last...

Last Person Standing World Cup 2026: Four Teams, 38 Survivors - Gethyn Ellis

Six rounds gone, four teams left, 38 players still standing. Inside the strategy squeeze at the business end of a Last Person Standing World Cup.

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Will England pay for these misses?

Spain have been heavily backed in LPS this round. Plenty in jeopardy at half time.