AI, in practice.

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The practical Claude course in Italian. Eight lessons in order, each also in a short version.

Lesson 1.1What Claude is and what it can really do
Lesson 1.2Claude Free, Pro or Max: which plan to choose
Lesson 1.3Claude account and apps on PC, Mac and phone
Lesson 1.4Claude or ChatGPT: which to use for work
Lesson 1.5The first prompt that works: context, task, format
Lesson 1.6From PDF to table: invoices and minutes with Claude
Lesson 1.7Claude remembers you: instructions, memory and incognito
Lesson 1.8Real files with Claude: Word, Excel and slides, ready

Featured

Glossary
What generative AI is: text, images and video on request
What you can delegate to a tool that writes and draws, and what is worth keeping to yourself before paying for a subscription.
Glossary
What a frontier model is and when you do not need to pay for one
The most powerful model on the market is often the wrong one for everyday work.
Glossary
What an LLM is, the language model behind ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini
One word explains why so many AI tools look alike, and why you sometimes pay twice for the same thing.

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Rules without the legalese
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One sheet, one row for each use of AI, sixteen columns. The video shows how to fill it in, and right below you will find the template ready to copy.
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Rules without the legalese
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Real numbers
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News that matters
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They work on their own across your apps even when nobody is watching. Before an employee switches one on, you decide what they can touch.
News that matters
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Decision models do not write text: they pick a label and tell you how sure they are. For sorting emails and tickets, that is what you need.
Rules without the legalese
Law 132/2025 on AI: what changes for businesses
Italian law adds a few concrete obligations to the AI Act: informing workers, informing clients if you are a professional, and a new offence for deepfakes.