# Generative AI in the business: what operators said this week

How businesses are really using generative AI, in their own words.

Updated 2026-10-29. Source: https://verbatim.theartofservice.com/topics/generative-ai

> "patterns using LLM analysis… AI comes up in roughly one of five submissions"
- Tim Ferriss on The Tim Ferriss Show, 2026-10-21, at 43:15. Listen: https://verbatim.theartofservice.com/listen/bf696ba10e6fd8f3

> "you need to go into settings in chat GPT and there's a little section called data controls. And then you need to turn off the beautifully named improve the models for everyone."
- Daniel Gara on The Money Puzzle, 2026-10-23, at 14:02. Listen: https://verbatim.theartofservice.com/listen/995104c122968645

> "There are a number of tools that you can use that will ring-fence your data, which is effectively like putting it into a filing system. But if it's open AI... So if it's ChatGPT or Claw, those sort of things. Absolutely. Effectively, that means you are uploading client information to the internet."
- Alex Haslam on Risk on Air, 2026-10-28, at 15:06. Listen: https://verbatim.theartofservice.com/listen/5754cd33503caef8

> "I built a free tool exactly for that. It is my Offer GPT, and it's in the show notes."
- Laura Meyer on The Expert Freedom Show, 2026-10-21, at 3:51. Listen: https://verbatim.theartofservice.com/listen/555728cbd252f5a8

> "i have an old camera ... i have my own llm that i built ... it actually counts the seeds that are in the photo and then i tell it what it is"
- Christopher and Maggie Snow on The Seed Farmer Podcast, 2026-10-21, at 37:08. Listen: https://verbatim.theartofservice.com/listen/0d3dd5a763070377

> "We can train an AI model to do what we know you need. Because, again, a lot of times this is coming after we've been engaged as the contact center business process outsourcing company."
- Chip George on The GovCon Room, 2026-10-28, at 23:39. Listen: https://verbatim.theartofservice.com/listen/68c90b71516e2b48

> "I have my own security agent that reviews the code. And it's like, well, Claude just created the code. But then Claude is now with its security app going, well, that code is insecure."
- George Kurtz (CrowdStrike executive) on No Priors: Artificial Intelligence | Technology | Startups, 2026-10-22, at 38:19. Listen: https://verbatim.theartofservice.com/listen/1079a19062a0bedd

> "we put up signs to say, thank the driver, just to prompt the driver to thank. And, of course, that increased thanky."
- Dr Scott Geller on The Leadership Project Podcast, 2026-10-27, at 14:30. Listen: https://verbatim.theartofservice.com/listen/8dbb060a7f1a76f8

> "I can tell Claude to go and, you know, create a mailing campaign and instantly push and review it to these people in my mailing system."
- Nick Kidd on The Insurance Podcast, 2026-10-22, at 46:53. Listen: https://verbatim.theartofservice.com/listen/8a932185eb4006b0

> "I basically tell Claude, please fire off five threads and task each of them with like proving that this post is wrong, that I'm thinking about it the wrong way, that I have my facts wrong, that I misunderstood something."
- Felix Riesberg on Silicon Valley Girl: AI, Tech and Career Growth, 2026-10-24, at 14:11. Listen: https://verbatim.theartofservice.com/listen/0c78a6b50653f25d

> "apply Parkinson's law… journal on WhisperFlow… throw it into Claude for cleanup"
- Tim Ferriss on The Tim Ferriss Show, 2026-10-21, at 23:07. Listen: https://verbatim.theartofservice.com/listen/7fd0b5cfb20bb936

> "create a 60 second vertical promo for everyday AI. The ad angle, people who, people don't need more AI tools. Oh, zoomed into my text there. People don't need more AI tools. They need to know what to do with them. Style, fast, bold, business focus."
- Jordan Wilson on Everyday AI Podcast - An AI and ChatGPT Podcast, 2026-10-23, at 9:03. Listen: https://verbatim.theartofservice.com/listen/e00ed80e01169261