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Essential Terms for AI in 2026

From Buzzwords to Business Advantage

By Mark Hinkle·CEO & Founder, Peripety Labs·

Essential Terms for AI in 2026 distills the AI vocabulary every professional needs into six practical domains: foundational concepts, model architectures, training and fine-tuning, deployment and infrastructure, the agent era, and governance. It turns abstract definitions into practical knowledge for vendor evaluation and strategic decisions.

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What You'll Learn

A comprehensive AI glossary and literacy guide for business professionals. Organized across six domains — from foundational concepts through the emerging agent era and governance frameworks — designed to close the knowledge gap that 72% of senior leaders report about AI systems in their organizations.

Key Sections

  1. Executive Summary
  2. The AI Literacy Imperative
  3. The Foundation — Core AI Concepts
  4. The Agent Era

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