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Agentic AI Webinar 20260713

Getting Started with Agentic AI — Panel Briefing Panel briefing · Getting started with agentic AI Automation follows the path. Agentic AI decides it. Eight straight answers for a webinar panel on agentic AI — written for a room with mixed technical backgrounds, real budgets, and no patience left for hype. Prepared for panel discussion · July 2026 Automation A single fixed line from a start point to one end box Same steps, same result, every time. Agentic AI A line reaching a decision node, forking into three paths with one chosen Chooses a path, based on what it sees. Every question below comes back to this one difference. Here's the short version, before the long one. ...

The AI Players

These are the more common AI systems I encounter professionally and personally.  Claude (Anthropic) : Developed by Anthropic, Claude is known for its safety-first approach, ethical guardrails, and ability to handle long-context conversations, making it ideal for educators, businesses, and teams needing reliable and responsible AI interactions.   The latest model as of May 2025 is Claude 3.5, supporting multiple input types like text, documents, and images, and is available via free and Pro subscription tiers. ChatGPT (OpenAI) : Created by OpenAI, ChatGPT remains one of the most versatile and widely used AI assistants, particularly favored by developers and content creators.   It excels in coding assistance, content generation, and customization through plugins and APIs, with GPT-4o being its latest model as of mid-2025.   It supports text, document, and image inputs and operates on a freemium model with a $20/month Plus subscription. Gemini (Google) : Formerly known ...

XByte: Excellent Server Vendor

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I can't recommend XByte enough. They listen and are an excellent resource to have on your side. In July 2023, we moved our production database server to owned equipment. We colocated it into our data center where we lease other mostly virtual resources. We purchased a Dell R650XS from XByte. Our sales representative:      Ashley Sanders | Enterprise Account Executive      Ashley.Sanders@xbyte.com

Data Into Dollars: Build a Collections Predictive Model

Sample Models Orange Data Mining The sample model provided is intended to only be a quick start template. It was put together to match the PowerPoint presentation here. Your fields will be specific to your system.