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My Hot Take on AI and Plagiarism

Recently, I was invited to weigh in on a LinkedIn post about AI. The question was whether using AI to create content counts as plagiarism if you don’t credit the AI.

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No protection → No leverage

I have a running list of all the ways business coaches talk about scaling without talking about intellectual property.

To be clear, I 🥰 business coaches, but I cannot overstate the importance that legal protection plays in scaling your business.

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Best Practices for Using AI in Your Expertise-Based Business

Love it or hate it (love it😊) – AI provides valuable leverage in your business when you let it do some of the non-expert work for you.

That said, AI introduces legal and ethical issues that must be navigated to ensure safe and profitable scaling.

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Do You Own What You Think You Own?

Use this cheat sheet to take a quick look at whether you own what you think you own. Intellectual property ownership has nothing to do with possession or even who paid for its creation.

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AI Issue Spotting

How about a little AI issue-spotting exercise? If you wonder what lawyers do all day, this is it. 😊

“Issue spotting” means identifying legal issues within a factual scenario or a set of circumstances.

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How to Ask ChatGPT to Stop Training on Your Content

I got a super juicy question for this month’s LinkedIn Live:

"How to use AI to help create a curriculum with my own IP without permitting AI to use that IP when responding to prompts from others?"

So, of course, I had to ask ChatGPT. First, I got what I expected, but then I got something unexpected....

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CAN YOU COPYRIGHT YOUR EXPERTISE?

Use this easy, straightforward assessment to find out if your unique expertise can be copyrighted. You may be surprised to learn the truth!