🚦 How To Evaluate AI Tools Before You Adopt Them

Good morning.

There is so much hype around AI every week that it's hard to know what's meaningful and what's noise.

Last week, two tools and a new model dropped, and the tech feeds went ballistic.

AI tools are everywhere now. The trick is knowing when to jump in versus when to wait. Some launches are ready for production. Others are science experiments dressed up as products.

Today, let’s talk about:

• The three AI tools that went viral (and my three different decisions)

• The 5 Adoption Gates framework I use to evaluate any new tool

• Why "not yet" is sometimes the smartest move—even with trusted companies

Let’s get into it.

— Gordon