If you have been using ChatGPT but have never touched Codex, this is for you. And don't worry. You do not need to be a programmer. I think the easiest way to understand Codex is this: ChatGPT helps you think and create. Codex can actually work on things with you. That is a big difference. With ChatGPT, you might say: “Help me figure out how to build this.” With Codex, you can move closer to: “Here is the project. Help me build it, change the files, check the work, and fix what isn't working.” That is why Codex matters. 🧠 So What Exactly Is Codex? Codex is OpenAI's AI coding and software-building agent. But don't let the word coding scare you away. You can communicate with Codex in normal English. You tell it what you are trying to accomplish, give it access to the appropriate project files, and it can work through the task. It can: 🔹 Read and understand project files 🔹 Create and edit files 🔹 Build websites and applications 🔹 Find and fix problems 🔹 Run tests 🔹 Research technical issues 🔹 Work through larger projects step by step 🔹 Use reusable instructions and Skills 🔹 Connect to other tools through things like MCP The important idea is not that Codex can write code. The important idea is that Codex can take action. ** That is the shift I want you to understand. 💡 What Problem Does Codex Solve? For years, we have used AI mostly like this: Ask → Answer → Copy → Paste → Do the work yourself Codex starts moving us toward: Describe the goal → Give context → Let the agent work → Review the result You are moving from simply talking to AI toward delegating work to AI. That is a very important skill to understand as AI continues to evolve. 🚀 10 Simple Steps to Start Using Codex 1. Get Codex running Start with OpenAI's desktop ChatGPT experience and access Codex from there. 👀 Tip: Don't worry about understanding every feature. Your first goal is simply to get comfortable opening Codex and looking around. 2. Sign in with your ChatGPT account Use the same OpenAI account you already use for ChatGPT.

Claude Cowork is one of the most important shifts happening in AI right now, especially for people who don't want to become programmers. The simplest way to understand it is: - Claude Chat helps you think about the work. - Claude Cowork can actually perform the work. Anthropic describes Cowork as bringing the same agentic architecture behind Claude Code to everyday knowledge work, without requiring a terminal. Instead of answering one prompt at a time, it can plan a multi-step job, break it into pieces, use tools and files, execute the work, and return a finished result. 🧠 What does that actually mean? Suppose you have a folder containing: - 20 customer invoices - several Excel files - meeting notes - customer proposals - PDFs - sales reports - With ordinary Claude Chat, you might upload documents and ask questions about them. **With Cowork, you could give it a job** 🧑‍⚖️PROMPT: Go through these files. Organize the customers. Create a spreadsheet showing revenue by customer. Identify accounts that declined. Create a management summary and put the finished files in this folder.” Cowork can plan and execute those steps rather than merely explaining how you should do them. It can directly read and write files in folders you authorize, create spreadsheets, presentations, and documents, coordinate subtasks, browse websites, and use connected applications ''' That's the fundamental change: - Prompt → Answer becomes - Goal → Plan → Actions → Finished Work ❓Why should you care? Because this is where AI starts moving from assistant toward digital worker. 🧠Imagine saying: “Every Monday, review these reports, compare them with last week, identify anything unusual, and prepare my management briefing.” Cowork supports scheduled tasks that can run remotely even when your computer isn't online. Or: “Take these meeting notes and build the presentation for Friday.” Or: “Research these competitors, organize the findings, create a comparison spreadsheet, and prepare an executive report.”

I know everyone is busy, so you may have missed a few things I recently added to the Academy. I’ve been focusing on topics that I believe every business professional should understand as AI continues to move incredibly fast: 🤖 Claude Cowork: From AI Assistant to AI Coworker Why AI is moving beyond simply answering questions and beginning to actually work alongside us. 💻 What Is Codex and Why Should You Care? A practical look at why tools like Codex matter, even if you are not a programmer. 🧠 Understanding the Different Types of LLM Models Why choosing the right model matters, and how different models can dramatically change the quality, speed, and cost of the work you do with AI. 🤖 My goal isn't to turn anyone into an AI expert overnight. It's to help you understand what is changing, why it matters, and how you can actually use it in your career and business. 💡Take a look when you have a few minutes. And please give me your feedback. What would you like me to break down next? 👇

Microsoft Copilot can be confusing at first, not because it is difficult, but because it seems to show up everywhere. Outlook. Word. Excel. PowerPoint. Teams. Files. Copilot Chat. So where should you start? Start with Copilot Chat. Before learning what Copilot can do inside every Microsoft app, first understand what it can do for you. 🎯 Your Goal for Part 1 Today, you are not trying to master Copilot. You are not building an automation, analyzing a massive spreadsheet, or creating a presentation. You are simply answering one question: What can Copilot help me do in my Microsoft 365 environment? What Copilot can access and do may vary depending on your Microsoft 365 plan, Copilot license, workplace settings, permissions, and connected data. So your experience may look different from someone else's. That is perfectly normal. 🔁 Your First Exercise Open Copilot Chat. For now, don't start inside Word, Excel, Outlook, or PowerPoint. We'll use Chat as our starting point and let Copilot explain its capabilities. Copy and paste this prompt: "I am learning Microsoft Copilot. Explain what you can help me do inside Microsoft 365. Keep it beginner-friendly. Organize your answer into: • Things you can help me create • Things you can help me summarize • Things you can help me organize • Things you can help me prepare for • Things that depend on my license, permissions, or connected work data Do not send, delete, move, update, schedule, publish, share, or modify anything without my explicit approval." 🔍 Now Pay Attention to the Answer Don't worry about whether Copilot gives you the "perfect" response. Instead, study what it tells you. Does it mention Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, meetings, email, or files? What can it create for you? What can it summarize? What can it help you organize or prepare for? Most importantly, notice what Copilot says it cannot access or do without the right permissions. That's part of learning AI too: understanding its boundaries, not just its capabilities.

AI tools are moving incredibly fast. But the goal isn't to use every new tool that appears. The goal is to know which tool to use, when to use it, and how to put it to work. Here are 5 worth having in your AI toolkit: 1️⃣ ChatGPT — Brainstorming, writing, problem-solving, strategy and everyday AI work 2️⃣ Gemini — Research, analysis and working across Google's ecosystem 3️⃣ Canva AI — Visuals, presentations, designs and content creation 4️⃣ Perplexity — Fast, source-backed research and information discovery 5️⃣ Claude — Writing, deep analysis, documents and complex knowledge work But here's the bigger point: The tool matters less than what you learn to do with it. 👇 Which one do you use the most, and what do you actually use it for?