My Notes From the FQ AI Summit 2026
My notes from attending the FQ AI Summit at Webster Hall in New York on November 10, 2026, organized as answers to questions about using AI at work. Start with the topic closest to the decision in front of you.
Giving an AI Agent Its First Job
How to give an AI agent a clear first assignment and what a person should review before using its work.
Trust, Governance and Risk
What to ask vendors, reviewers and your own team before trusting AI work, from access limits to mistakes.
Creative Ideas, Originality and Rights
How to test an idea, check whether it has been done, and decide when you have researched enough.
Content, Creators and Advertising
How to decide where AI belongs in content work, what to measure beyond views, and how to review ads and creator briefs.
Dictation, Outreach and Your Own Voice
How to dictate an assignment, personalize outreach around the recipient's work, and turn your repeated edits into a voice guide.
Accountability, Reskilling and Process Change
What to check before AI savings change staffing, and how to hand a customer to a person with the context.
Culture, Rollouts and Learning at Work
How to pick a first team, make room for learning, and talk plainly with employees about changing jobs.
Recommendations and Shopping Experiences
How to make recommendations useful and respectful, from budget limits and no-answer replies to letting customers correct the reason.
Parallel AI Workflows and Human Overrides
How to run AI tasks side by side, keep approvals visible, and write a human override people can use.
AI Experiments and Institutional Knowledge
How to run small AI experiments, learn from them each week, and keep the knowledge that experienced employees hold.
Creative Review and AI Predictions
How to review creative work for reasons, give feedback that separates taste from fact, and discuss AI predictions calmly.
Photos from Webster Hall





