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Claude for Nonprofits Adds Training and Connectors for Teams
Astute Intelligence Insights Do More of What Matters. Tool Time Edition Vol. 2, No. 23 2026-09-16 Claude for Nonprofits Adds Training and Connectors for Teams By Warren Wiggins — Astute Intelligence The Tool/Technique Anthropic’s Claude for Nonprofits program combines nonprofit access with a free AI Fluency for Nonprofits course and connectors for tools such as…
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Nonprofits Are Using AI, but Most Have Not Built a System Yet
Astute Intelligence Insights Do More of What Matters. Week Ahead Edition Vol. 2, No. 22 2026-09-14 Nonprofits Are Using AI, but Most Have Not Built a System Yet By Warren Wiggins — Astute Intelligence The Big Story A new benchmark from Virtuous and Fundraising.AI points to a gap many nonprofit leaders will recognize: AI use…
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How Much Control Should People Keep as AI Gets More Capable
Astute Intelligence Insights Do More of What Matters. The Big Picture Edition Vol. 2, No. 21 2026-09-11 AI adoption is becoming a governance choice, not just a software choice By Warren Wiggins — Astute Intelligence The Trend This week offered three different answers to the same question: how much control should people keep as AI…
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Google Pics Brings Pro-Level AI Image Editing to Workspace
Astute Intelligence Insights Do More of What Matters. Tool Time Edition Vol. 2, No. 20 2026-09-09 Google Pics brings prompt-based image editing into Workspace By Warren Wiggins — Astute Intelligence The Tool/Technique Google Pics is a new image creation and editing tool rolling out to Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers and most Workspace business…
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NYC Pauses Student-Facing AI for Grades 2K–8
Astute Intelligence Insights Do More of What Matters. The Week Ahead Edition Vol. 2, No. 19 2026-09-07 Schools are asking a hard question: what should AI do for students? By Warren Wiggins — Astute Intelligence The Big Story New York City is putting a pause on student-facing generative AI for students from 2-K through eighth…
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AI Governance Is Moving Into the Workflow
Astute Intelligence Insights Do More of What Matters. The Big Picture Edition Vol. 2, No. 18 2026-09-04 AI Governance Is Moving Into the Workflow By Warren Wiggins — Astute Intelligence The Trend: AI Governance Is Moving Into the Workflow The next phase of AI governance is less about asking whether a model is “safe” in…
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Use Xero’s AI Finance Features With Approval Gates
Astute Intelligence Insights Do More of What Matters. Tool Time Edition Vol. 2, No. 17 2026-09-02 Use AI Finance Features With Approval Gates By Warren Wiggins — Astute Intelligence The Tool/Technique: Use AI Finance Features With Approval Gates This week’s practical tool to examine is Xero’s JAX platform and its related workflow features. Xero says…
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Nonprofits Get a Longer Runway for Practical AI
Astute Intelligence Insights Do More of What Matters. The Week Ahead Edition Vol. 2, No. 16 2026-08-31 Nonprofits Get a Longer Runway for Practical AI By Warren Wiggins — Astute Intelligence The Big Story: Nonprofits Get a Longer Runway for Practical AI Tech To The Rescue and Google.org announced a new AI Impact Scaling Program…
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AI Is Becoming a Layer Other Organizations Can Build On
Astute Intelligence Insights Do More of What Matters. The Big Picture Edition Vol. 2, No. 15 2026-08-28 AI Is Becoming a Layer Other Organizations Can Build On By Warren Wiggins — Astute Intelligence The Trend: AI Is Becoming a Layer Other Organizations Can Build On This week brought several versions of the same idea. The…
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How to Run a Permissioned AI Pilot at Your Nonprofit
Astute Intelligence Insights Do More of What Matters. Tool Time Edition Vol. 2, No. 14 2026-08-26 Build a Permissioned AI Pilot By Warren Wiggins — Astute Intelligence The Tool/Technique: Build a Permissioned AI Pilot The technique this week is simple: give an AI tool a narrow job and a clear permission boundary. Let it search,…