Astutus articles

Clear AI explainers for people who have things to do.

Training gives you quick checks. News gives you signals. Articles explain the words, ideas, and claims that keep showing up so you can follow the conversation without pretending.

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AI acronym watch: LLM, RAG, agent, context window, hallucinationSalesforce AI watch: Agentforce, headless agents, human reviewPrompting basics: clearer requests usually beat longer requestsQuinn asks: what does this AI term actually help me decide?Professor Tutus says: define the word before trusting the claimComing next: AI agents, RAG, privacy settings, and practical tool checksAI acronym watch: LLM, RAG, agent, context window, hallucinationSalesforce AI watch: Agentforce, headless agents, human reviewPrompting basics: clearer requests usually beat longer requestsQuinn asks: what does this AI term actually help me decide?Professor Tutus says: define the word before trusting the claimComing next: AI agents, RAG, privacy settings, and practical tool checks

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AI acronyms you actually need to know

A plain-English guide to the terms that show up in AI news, work conversations, product demos, and everyday tool use.

Prompting basics

What is prompting, and why does it matter?

A simple explanation of prompts, why clear requests produce better AI output, and what prompting can and cannot fix.

Prompting guide

How to write better AI prompts

Best practices, weak-versus-better examples, and a reusable prompt template for work and everyday use.

Salesforce AI

Agentforce without the fog machine

A plain-English look at Agentforce, headless agents, Salesforce data, and what business users should ask before trusting agentic workflows.

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What is RAG, and why does it matter?

A pointed explainer on AI that uses your documents or outside sources instead of answering from memory alone.

What articles do

More than definitions.

Plain-English explainers

Short articles that define what a thing is, why it matters, and what people usually misunderstand.

Acronym guides

Terms grouped by audience level so readers do not have to learn every technical word at once.

Decision primers

Practical guides for choosing tools, reading claims, and knowing when to slow down.

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