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One page, no jargon. Run your first prompt, build a habit, then pick a tool and go. Keep this open in a tab — it's built to be used, not just read.

The AI Series · Part 1 of 4

1 Choose a Tool 2 Now What? 3 Now Build It 4 Run It Safely

Watch first · 4:35

How to Start Using AI: A No-Jargon Beginner's Guide

The goalBy the time you reach the bottom, you'll know how to talk to AI, how to make it stick, and which tool to open first — even if today is your very first time using AI.

Pro tip Talk to it like a person. Type the way you'd talk to a friend or coworker you're figuring something out with — normal sentences, plain words. You don't need any special tricks.

How this page works: tap a step to open it. Each step ends with a Next button.

Pick

Which tool, and when

Watch · 3:04

Your First 15 Minutes With AI: Pick One Tool and Go

Match the tool to your goals and style. Tap a logo to open it and try prompting.

Microsoft Copilot

Best for living inside Microsoft 365.

Try first if → your day runs on Word, Excel, Teams, and Outlook.

Google Gemini

Best for Google Workspace, plus images, audio, and video.

Try first if → you live in Docs/Gmail or work with a lot of visual content.

New here? Start with this one

ChatGPT

Best for creative, flexible, general-purpose work.

Try first if → you write, brainstorm, or want one do-everything starting point.

Claude

Best for long documents, careful analysis, and coding.

Try first if → you read big PDFs, contracts, or reports, or you want help with code.

Grok

Best for real-time, current-events answers — and increasingly enterprise work.

Try first if → you want live, up-to-the-minute info or already work in the X / xAI world.

Next · Step 2Prompting that works

Prompt

Prompting that works

Watch · 4:52

How to Talk to AI So It Actually Understands You

A good request has these pieces. Tap any one to open an example.

ExampleI run a small bakery. Write a warm, under-100-word email telling customers we're closed Monday for a staff day. No corporate tone, no bullet points.

Steal these

"Answer as a patient teacher: explain [topic] to me with one analogy and one real example."
"Here's a draft: [paste]. Tell me what's weak and how to fix it."
"Give me 10 varied ideas for [thing]. List only, no explanations yet."

Next · Step 3Your first ten minutes

Start

Your first ten minutes

Watch · 5:55

Where Do I Start With AI? Build a Practical Foundation

Open a tool and sign in.
Not sure which? The tool picker is at the top of this guide. Free tiers are plenty to start.
Tell it who you are and what you want.
One or two sentences of context beats a clever keyword. "I'm a [role]. Help me [do this]. Keep it [short/casual/etc.]."
React — don't restart.
Steer the answer instead of starting over: "shorter," "more casual," "redo that part," "give me three versions."

Next · Step 4Make it stick

Stick

Make it stick

Watch · 3:41

Feeling Overwhelmed by AI? Start Here

Set your preferences once. In settings, tell it your role, your tone, and 2–3 things to avoid. It loads into every chat so you stop repeating yourself.
Turn on memory. It carries context between chats so you stop repeating yourself — and you can view or edit anything it keeps.
Build one small workflow. Pick a task you do every week and let it own the boring part. One habit beats ten experiments.

Next · Before you goThe one rule

The one rule

Verify before you trust. AI sounds certain even when it's wrong. For anything that matters — numbers, names, legal or medical specifics — check it yourself. Use it to draft and think, not as the final word.

Next in the series · Part 2 Now What? — Spotting what to hand off →

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