What if the most valuable software your company owns isn't something you bought, but the processes your team already knows how to run? In this episode of The Audit, Joshua Schmidt, Eric Brown, and Nick Mellem welcome back Alex Bratton, CEO and Chief Geek of Lextech, founder of AI Why, and author of the new book Capability Equity. Alex helps mid-market organizations get real business value out of AI, and he brings that practical lens to the assistants, wearables, and platforms showing up on everyone's phones right now.
The crew puts the Instinct AI assistant under the microscope, and Alex explains why he calls these tools free range agents and why Meta's Muse lands firmly in his no-go category for privacy. From there the conversation turns to Apple's privacy-first approach to Siri, why big SaaS platforms like Salesforce need to rethink their value, and how teams can build AI skills that capture the work that makes them unique. Alex also shares research showing nearly a third of skills in popular online repositories contained security vulnerabilities. Watch until the end to see Eric reacting to a takeoff from Nepal's Lukla Airport.
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