Emerging Technology

Articles and guides

1. Learning path article 4 min read

   When the Bot Can Act Without You — and How You Stop It

   AI actors are great at boring work — until something goes wrong. Spot trouble early, cut access fast, and protect email, banking, and money.

2. Learning path article 4 min read

   AI Advisor or AI Actor: Why Blast Radius Matters

   AI as agony aunt keeps the blast radius small. AI as actor can run boring work — or touch email, money, and everything you connected. Choose the mode on purpose, then know how you’d stop it.

3. Article 2 min read

   AI That Reads Your Inbox for You

   Inbox assistants triage your day — and can be nudged by poisoned emails. Treat summaries as sketches; open money and access issues yourself.

4. Article 2 min read

   The Voice on the Phone Might Not Be Them

   AI can fake a familiar voice under pressure. A calm family ritual — hang up, call back, use a code word — still beats panic.

5. Article 2 min read

   Shadow AI at Work and at Home

   Shadow AI is shadow IT in a new coat: free chatbots, mystery extensions, and helpful sites nobody approved — still seeing what you paste.

6. How-to guide 2 min read

   When Automation Keeps Going

   Automation is obedient, not wise. Watch the first batch — and know how you would stop a run.

7. How-to guide 2 min read

   If Someone Else Is Steering Your AI

   An AI takeover rarely looks like a film. More often it is a shared login, a stolen password, or a tablet still signed in — and then your old prompts are someone else’s reading list.

8. Learning path article 3 min read

   Cybersecurity Awareness Training: A Practical Guide for Employees

   How to run short, effective cybersecurity awareness for small teams — session outline, cadence, and what works (and fails) in phishing simulations.

9. Learning path article 3 min read

   AI Security Policy Template for Small Businesses

   A practical AI security policy template small businesses can adapt — approved tools, data you must not paste, human checks, and a one-week adoption list.

10. Learning path article 4 min read

    Small Business Cybersecurity Checklist 2026

    A practical 2026 checklist for micro and small businesses — access, updates, invoices, backups, people, and a 90-day starter plan.

11. How-to guide 3 min read

    Before You Paste It Into the Bot: AI Risks Worth Slowing Down For

    Slow down before you paste and before you use the answer — secrets, wrong certainty, and documents that try to steer the bot.

12. Article 2 min read

    Gmail “Subscription Termination Notice” — Fake Account Closure Scam

    A fake Gmail “subscription termination notice” uses fear, urgency, and brand impersonation to push you into clicking Secure Your Device. Here’s how to spot it.

Knowledge paths

• Use AI with boundaries

Important concepts

• AI agent
• Generative AI
• Human in the loop