The Chart Room
Articles, perspectives and conversations by Kristina Agustin.
The Learn series
Five short episodes to help you understand AI and decide where to begin. Watch them in order, or start with the one you need.
Episode 01Why AI Now?
Why AI matters now, and what the shift means for maritime businesses.
Episode 02What is AI?
Understand the ideas behind AI, from its early foundations to generative tools and agents.
Episode 03Use Cases Across Maritime and Superyachts
Explore practical uses for AI across maritime operations and superyacht businesses.
Episode 04Considerations for AI Adoption
Consider the risks, people and processes that shape responsible AI adoption.
Episode 05Where to Start with AI Adoption
Find a practical starting point for bringing AI into your organisation.
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The Great Equaliser
A short film called Candy, my own giant-and-kraken opener for Monaco, and what AI video opens up for your business.
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Managing AI risk in yachting: ISS Leadership Series, Monaco 2026
A six-minute briefing on the risks of using AI in yachting and superyacht management, and how to manage them, made for the ISS Leadership Series in Monaco on 23 September 2026.
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An AI Agent Acts For You
What an AI agent is, why one is usually a team of them working to an org chart, what a marketing build looks like inside, and the parts of the job that stay with you.
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Draw a Banana: How AI Models Work
Why a language model reaches for the most ordinary answer, how computer vision does the same thing with pixels, and why bias comes out of that mechanism rather than being added on top.
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The Butterfly in the Machine
Why an AI system gives different answers to the same question, what a rounding error in 1961 has to do with your build in 2026, and what it takes to run systems that keep moving.
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Eighteen months in AI feels like forty years
In May 2025 I told our industry the safest AI tier started at USD $10,000. That tier now sits on a desk, and deployment starts with a goal stated in your own words. What changed, what it costs,…
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The EU AI Act: the two duties that apply to your business now
Seventeen minutes on the training duty and the transparency rules, with the EU's July guidance on what needs a disclosure and what doesn't.
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The website your clients' AI assistant reads
The digital duel that turned into a discipline: AEO in plain words, and what an AEO-informed build changes on a maritime website.
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What a finished AI build looks like
Five documented builds from the Log Book, and what deployment actually means: tools handed over working, configured to your systems, with documentation.
Read articleTalks and briefings
Keynotes, panels and briefings from industry events.
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