Today’s Catch Up
How a Two-Minute Reality Check Saved My Team from Drowning in Manual Work.
It was 7:00 PM on a Thursday, and the office was empty except for me. I was staring at a spreadsheet, trying to figure out why our fulfillment process was taking twice as long as it did six months ago.
My team was exhausted, errors were slipping through, and I knew we needed help. I had heard all the hype about AI saving businesses, but I was too overwhelmed to even know where to begin.
I felt like I was failing my team because I did not have the time to become an AI expert. Then, I was introduced to a completely different way of looking at my business.
Instead of trying to "implement AI" everywhere at once, I was asked to evaluate just three core engines. In less time than it took to drink my coffee, I answered twelve questions.
The result was a colour-coded graph that showed me exactly why we were struggling and the exact AI system I needed to build first to fix it. That single moment of clarity changed everything.
Judge allows release of deposition videos of 2 former DOGE staffers
A federal judge is allowing the release of deposition videos of two former DOGE staffers, ruling that the risk of "embarrassment and reputational harm" is not enough to overcome the public interest in the videos.
U.S. District Judge Colleen McMahon on Monday lifted an earlier order requiring a group of nonprofits to remove the videos from the internet after lawyers with the Justice Department argued that the former Department of Government Efficiency staffers faced threats because of the depositions' release.
9 suspects arrested after $7M in stolen cargo seized in Southern California bust
Nine suspects were arrested after authorities in Southern California seized approximately $7 million in stolen cargo from various retailers, along with about $1 million in cash, officials said.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said the suspects were taken into custody as detectives served 13 search warrants at locations between December and February in Los Angeles, Riverside and San Bernardino counties.
