The Argument

A laptop on a kitchen table showing a video call with a red recording indicator, hands resting beside a notebook.

"If It Was Opt-In, Nobody Would Opt In." A Platform Exec Said the Quiet Part About Your Recordings

Twitch turned AI training on by default and its product chief explained why out loud. Coaches record every client call on somebody else's platform.

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Post-Mortem

The FTC Just Permanently Banned Three Men From Selling Business Opportunities. What They Were Selling Was Coaching.

Air AI's owners agreed to a lifetime ban and a mostly suspended $18 million judgment. The charges hinged on paperwork most coaches have never heard of.

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The Argument

States Are Drawing a Hard Legal Line Around the Word 'Therapy.' Mindset Coaches Should Read It.

The new wave of AI therapy laws was written to stop chatbots. Several of them are worded broadly enough to reach a coach's sales page.

A coaching website open on a laptop beside a printed statute and a red marker on a kitchen table.