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Tech Break by Friday

Paraskevi Kivroglou

Hey there! I"m Paraskevi (fun fact: my name means "Friday" in Greek), and this is where I share all my thoughts and discoveries about the tech world that fascinates me. From the latest in AI to game-changing productivity tips, I"m here to explore how we can make technology work for us while keeping the human touch alive. My mission is simple: to help bridge the tech skills gap by sharing knowledge freely and accessibly. Whether you"re just starting out or looking to level up your tech game, I"m

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Episode 14: Inside Video Generation's Game Changer

Tech Break by Friday ·

2025/05/23

Hi, there. Welcome back to another episode of Tech Break by Friday. Today’s topic is creating videos for short-form content using an AI creative platform, Runway. If you ever wanted to experiment with making videos without being a professional videographer, please stay for this episode’s sweet spots. Today’s episode aims to help students, AI enthusiasts (who like to experiment with AI tools), small business owners or marketers who are looking for an easy way to create engaging short videos to

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8:53

[Bonus] Episode #1: Harvard Research Study on AI is...

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2025/05/18

(HBR Research Visuals, 2025)Hello everyone, and welcome back to a bonus episode of Tech Break by Friday. This morning, while eating my breakfast and reading through Substack, I came across an interesting article about AI use cases in 2025. Some of them surprised me, so I decided to share them with you. Thanks for listening to or reading Tech Break by Friday! You can subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.I am surprised by the

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Episode 13: AI Demystified - Foundational Concepts...

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2025/05/16

Welcome to the first episode of ‘AI Demystified’—a mini-series in which we break down what artificial intelligence really is, how it works, and why it matters to you. Whether you're curious, cautious, or confused about AI, this series is here to help you understand the essentials in plain English.I’m Paraskevi Kivroglou, a software developer and AI researcher who’s passionate about making tech accessible to everyone. Today, we’re starting at the beginning: What actually is AI, and why do so many

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Episode 12: Beautiful Presentations with AI

Tech Break by Friday ·

2025/05/09

Hey there, and welcome back to Tech Break by Friday, where we break down AI and technology terms to use step-by-step strategies for our business. I’m your host, Paraskevi Kivroglou—software developer, AI researcher, and here to help you stay one step ahead in the fast-moving world of artificial intelligence.Today’s topic is going to save you hours and will instantly level up how you communicate ideas—AI presentation tools.Why use AI for presentations?If you are like me, building presentations can be

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Episode 11: AI makes a social media marketing plan

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2025/05/02

Hey there, and welcome back to Tech Break by Friday, where we break down AI and technology terms to use step-by-step strategies for our business. I am an AI and Software Engineer with a passion to share technology as simply as possible for everyone. In today’s episode, I want to show you how to use 2 of my go-to tools this week for decision making. As an example, we will ask Perplexity and ChatGPT to guide us in creating a marketing plan. The idea is to create a plan that you can execute for your

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Episode 10: Try This Viral ChatGPT Prompt

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2025/04/25

Hello everyone. Welcome to another episode of Tech Break by Friday. Some exciting news came up this week. ChatGPT has a new feature called Memory. Memory allows ChatGPT to remember your preferences, your name, and other details from previous conversations. So, I came up with some prompts that a few people tried and posted on X on how to use ChatGPT to learn more about yourself—things that you might not even realize that you do. This worked amazingly, and the results went viral. (Source: Screenshot

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Episode 9: The powerful Google Notebook LM

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2025/04/14

You want to save notes, create mind maps, and record podcasts to increase your productivity, and this is the tool you've been waiting for. In today’s episode, I will share one of my favorite tools for learning a new topic. Notebook LM was released by Google a year ago as an experiment. You can view it under your Google account products or by searching for it. So, what is special about this product?Personal Notebook LM Screenshot.You can create a notebook that will hold information from various

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Episode 8: This week's AI news is insane...

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2025/04/06

Meta released Llama 4.What is different compared to their previous models?From Meta’s website:Meta's Llama 4 models are cutting-edge multimodal AI systems designed to handle both text and image inputs seamlessly. They employ a mixture-of-experts (MoE) architecture, which activates only a subset of parameters for each input, enhancing efficiency and scalability.Basically, what this means is that only a smaller set of the model’s parameters are activated at a single request. The activated parameters

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Episode 7: AI is making logos now...

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2025/04/04

I don’t know if all of you know how much I love to talk about business or side hustles since this podcast does not focus on these topics.I would love to talk to you today about how you can use AI to create a logo. I am not good with design, but I tend to have a good eye for aesthetics. Since the advancement of AI in our era, there are multiple tools infused with AI to create cool and creative logos with your prompts.The tool I have used for my own logos until now is Logo.com. The process is

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Episode 6: How does AI become agentic?

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2025/03/26

Hi everyone, this is another episode of Tech Break by Friday. Where does the term Agentic AI come from? What are AI agents, and why use them instead of foundation models?Psychologist Albert Bandura introduced the concept of agency. Agency in individuals is described as the ability to act in full or partial autonomy. So, AI agents are AI systems that can perform a certain number of tasks autonomously.How does an AI Agent System problem solve:* Perceive: The system gathers information from its

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Episode 5: Do you vibe-coding?

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2025/03/17

I came around the term vibe-coding by a post from Andrej Karpathy on X:There's a new kind of coding I call "vibe coding", where you fully give in to the vibes, embrace exponentials, and forget that the code even exists. It's possible because the LLMs (e.g., Cursor Composer w Sonnet) are getting too good. Also I just talk to Composer with SuperWhisper so I barely even touch the keyboard. I ask for the dumbest things like "decrease the padding on the sidebar by half" because I'm too lazy to find it. I

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Episode 4:Let's talk LORA

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2025/03/10

Have you heard people talk about AI, LLMs, and LORA? Now you can find out what it is. LoRA stands out for Low-Rank Adaptation, and it is a clever technique that makes training AI models much more accessible and efficient.Imagine you have a massive, pre-trained AI model that's already good at generating images or text. Instead of trying to modify the entire model (which would be like repainting a whole house), LoRA lets you make minor, targeted adjustments (like just touching up a few walls).Why LoRA

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Episode 3: What does LLM mean?

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2025/03/03

Welcome to another episode of Tech Break by Friday. I am Paraskevi, and I am a Software Engineer with expertise in AI. This week, I wanted to discuss what an LLM, or Large Language model, is.LLMs are artificial intelligence systems able to process and generate text in human language. You might have seen chatbots or language translation applications that use these models. A very famous model is ChatGPT from OpenAI.You can use LLMs from applications like perplexity. We discussed it in episode 2.There

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Episode 2: My Productivity Tools Series Perplexity.ai

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2025/02/24

Hey there! So I am not sure how many of you are still using Google. I am not. Perplexity.ai is the new AI search engine tool I am using in my everyday life and it has saved me a huge amount of time. Perplexity AI is a conversational search engine launched in 2022 that combines large language models (LLMs) with real-time web searching capabilities 1 5. Founded by former engineers from OpenAI, Databricks, Meta, and Quora, it differentiates itself by providing cited sources within its responses 5.Key

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Episode 1: Welcome to Tech Break by Friday

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2025/02/17

Episode 1: Welcome to Tech Break by FridayIn this debut episode, Paraskevi (meaning "Friday" in Greek) introduces her new tech and AI-focused podcast aimed at making technology more accessible and human-centric.Episode HighlightsIntroduction & MissionWelcome to a space where technology meets accessibilityBreaking down the barriers in the tech skills gapMaking complex tech concepts understandable for everyoneWhat to Expect from Future EpisodesPractical technology tips and solutionsAI concepts

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