Every question in the room was about security

Back in April I taught AI in modern business for the Laramie Chamber Business Alliance. I walked in ready to talk about tools, workflows, where the real wins are. But by the end, almost every question in the room was about the same thing: security.

Where does my data go. Who trains on it. What happens when an employee pastes a client contract into a free chatbot.

That stuck with me. The story we keep telling small business owners is "adopt AI or fall behind." Almost nobody is telling them what they're agreeing to when they do. So people either take on real exposure without knowing it, or they freeze completely because they can't tell the hype from the actual threat.

So I built the answer. Yesterday I taught a second class through the Wyoming SBDC Network, this one entirely on AI security for small operators. Not fear, not jargon. Just naming the real risks in plain language and giving owners enough to know what to ask.

That is the whole job for me. I am not here to turn anyone into a security expert. I am here so a business owner in Wyoming can adopt this stuff without getting burned.

Two down. More coming. In fact, I'm going to turn the whole security class into a series of posts right here on this blog, so if you missed it, keep an eye on this space.

If you run a small business here and the AI conversation feels like all hype and no straight answers, that is exactly the gap I work in.

-Thayne