How AI-Ready Are Tri-Cities Businesses? What We Are Seeing
We have been running AI Readiness Audits across Johnson City, Kingsport, and Bristol. Three problems showed up in almost every business we visited.
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How AI-Ready Are Tri-Cities Businesses? What We Are Seeing
We have been running AI Readiness Audits across Johnson City, Kingsport, and Bristol. Three problems showed up in almost every business we visited.
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Building AI Programs at ETSU -- A Conversation with Dr. Williams
How East Tennessee State University is integrating AI into its curriculum, training faculty, and connecting students to the regional workforce. A Q&A with ETSU faculty. (Draft -- to be updated with actual interview responses.)
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Appalachian AI Summit Recap -- What We Learned
Faculty, business owners, and workforce board leaders in the same room, talking about practical AI adoption. Three takeaways from the February summit in Greeneville.
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The pilot episode. Joe McKenna makes the case for AI adoption in Northeast Tennessee -- what changed, why the timing matters, and why this region is positioned to move fast.
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What We Found in Our First 10 AI Audits
Ten local businesses. Zero AI policies. A mountain of wasted hours. Here's what we learned.
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Local AI News
Appalachian AI Summit Recap -- What We Learned
Faculty, business owners, and workforce board leaders in the same room, talking about practical AI adoption. Three takeaways from the February summit in Greeneville.
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Big AI
Claude Opus 4.6 Just Dropped. Here Is What It Means for Your Business.
Anthropic released a major update to Claude, one of the most capable AI models on the market. We break down what changed, what matters, and what you can safely ignore.
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Interviews
Building AI Programs at ETSU -- A Conversation with Dr. Williams
How East Tennessee State University is integrating AI into its curriculum, training faculty, and connecting students to the regional workforce. A Q&A with ETSU faculty. (Draft -- to be updated with actual interview responses.)