# Blog — Method notes

> What we learn from surveying systems and opening them: the rule, the case, the limit. One note per subject, written once the subject has been measured — never because the calendar says so.

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The blog

# Method notes.

What we learn from surveying systems and opening them: the rule, the case, the limit. One note per subject, written once the subject has been measured — never because the calendar says so.

Systems Responsible AI

The latest note

[Responsible AI · 8 September 2026 · 6 min read The EU AI Act: what it means if you sell into Europe The EU AI Act bans almost nothing a mid-sized company actually does with AI. It asks you to know what you use, to say so, and to keep a record. Here is what applies, when — and why it reaches you from Leeds or Bristol. Read the note](https://agence-intelligence-artificielle.eu/en/blog/eu-ai-act-what-it-means-if-you-sell-into-europe)

All notes

[SystemsAI agent or plain automation: the £20,000 questionA third of the use cases brought to us need no model at all. How to tell a workflow from an agent, and why getting it wrong is expensive in both directions.4 September 2026 · 6 min read](https://agence-intelligence-artificielle.eu/en/blog/ai-agent-or-plain-automation-the-20k-question) [SystemsYour document base, or why the agent answers beside the pointAn agent is only worth what it can read. The four defects that produce answers beside the point — duplicates, undated versions, scanned PDFs, implicit context — and the preparation that fixes them.2 September 2026 · 6 min read](https://agence-intelligence-artificielle.eu/en/blog/why-your-agent-answers-beside-the-point) [Responsible AI« What if it makes things up? » — getting an agent to cite its sourcesA model produces a plausible sentence, not a true one. The four designs that make invention visible, and the single rule that matters: every claim points to its source.14 August 2026 · 6 min read](https://agence-intelligence-artificielle.eu/en/blog/what-if-it-makes-things-up-getting-an-agent-to-cite) [SystemsGetting cited by ChatGPT and Perplexity: what actually worksGenerative engines cite what they can read, structure and verify. Five concrete moves — including serving your pages as Markdown — and what is a waste of time.10 July 2026 · 6 min read](https://agence-intelligence-artificielle.eu/en/blog/getting-cited-by-chatgpt-and-perplexity-what-works)

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