The workshop's running notes.
Written by Homestead Systems, plainly in our own voice; these are not independent coverage. What changed in the rules, the hardware and the practice of private AI, and what it means for a firm of 5–30 people.
The banks kept the last click.
On October 13, JPMorgan said no to outside AI agents operating customer accounts, and Citigroup drew the same line within days. What the banks were afraid of, what they allowed and why it matters to a firm like yours.
What changed for small firms this fall.
Pennsylvania's HB 1925 passes the House. The IRS tells tax practitioners to keep AI secure, verified and documented. County courts start asking who actually checked the citations. Five items, each with what it means for your office.
One box, no data center.
Western Pennsylvania is arguing about where the data centers go and who pays for them. The AI we install never needed one: a few hundred watts, on your own bill.
Local AI, explained.
The cloud is a data center in Virginia. Local AI is the same kind of assistant running on a computer in your office. What that changes, what it does well and what it needs.
What local AI runs on.
One workstation under a desk. The graphics card does the reading, tiers are sized by the busy hour and better models swap in on hardware you already own.