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Field notes on AI strategy, governance, and execution.
Editorial note: Research and drafting are AI-assisted. Methodology claims, regulatory citations, and recommendations are grounded in documented research — every article includes specific source references. Daniela Piskackova — Co-founder & AI Audit Lead — is the research methodology guarantor behind our work. This transparency matches who we are: an AI-native company.
What Is the Agent Opportunity Score (AOS)?
The Agent Opportunity Score (AOS) is the 0–100 framework behind every easyAI audit — ranking SMB processes across ROI, suitability and risk.
How to Build an AI Register in 90 Minutes (EU AI Act)
A 90-minute, five-step build for the AI register European SMBs need under EU AI Act Article 26 and ICO guidance. Starter columns, pitfalls, owner rules.
Human-in-the-Loop Isn't Oversight. It's a Design Discipline.
Why passive sign-off fails the new oversight bar — and how to redesign HITL as a threshold system, with audit-defensible fallback paths and override logs.
Local LLM vs Cloud LLM Data Security: The Wrong Question (2026)
The mainstream answer to AI data security is to run a local LLM. For most firms it solves the wrong problem at the wrong cost. The real exfiltration channel is shadow paste on personal ChatGPT accounts — and the right control is sanctioned cloud with data classification and DLP.
50 Questions to Ask Before Implementing AI: SMB Buyer's Guide
50 buyer-stage questions for UK/EU SMB AI implementation, across 5 decision-maker personas. Sourced from 252 real buyer questions, evidence-anchored.
AI Talent Trap: Why Your Best AI Engineer Isn't on the Market
Hiring an AI engineer doesn't fix your AI problem. The real bottleneck is operational judgement — and the best UK SMB hire is already inside the building.
Your SMB Doesn't Need More AI Tools. It Needs an AI Strategy.
A practical UK SMB framework for replacing ad-hoc per-seat AI subscriptions with a single accountable strategy, audit, and 90-day sequence.
AI Governance From Day One: SMB Cost of Retrofitting Compliance
AI regulations are converging — EU AI Act (Aug 2026), US state laws, Asia. SMBs that build governance from day one avoid the GDPR-style retrofit cost trap.
AI Is Not a Tool You Buy. It's an IT Integration Project (2026).
AI vendors sell a tool; SMBs receive an IT integration project. Identity, data, monitoring, and observability work make up 60–70% of real cost.
Scale, Don't Cut: The SMB Case for AI Without Layoffs
AI's strategic case for UK SMBs is scaling output and capacity with your existing team — not headcount reduction via layoffs or hiring freezes.