Category: AI & Emerging Tech
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An AI Accounting Startup Just Became a Unicorn in 48 Hours. Here Is What That Means for Your Books
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Rillet raised $100M and became an AI accounting unicorn in 48 hours. What it means for small business bookkeeping and the tools you use right now.
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Google’s New ‘Preferred Sources’ Button Could Save Your Website Traffic
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Google just launched a Preferred Sources button publishers can embed on their sites to stay visible in AI Overviews. Here is what it does and exactly how to use it.
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OpenAI Is Clawing Back Business Customers From Anthropic. The Real Lesson Is About Lock-In
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New Ramp spending data shows US businesses swapping AI vendors in months, not years. Here is what that volatility means for how small businesses should buy AI.
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Meta Just Put Its AI on Your Desktop and Pointed It at Your Ad Account
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Meta launched a Mac app for Meta AI aimed squarely at small businesses and creators. It reads your Instagram and Facebook performance, connects to Google Workspace, and watches your screen. Here is what it actually does and what you trade for it.
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ChatGPT Ads Hit Europe Next Week. Here Is What They Actually Cost a Small Business
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OpenAI is switching on ChatGPT ads in 31 European markets on August 24 and just opened targeting to India. Minimum spend dropped from 250,000 dollars to 50,000 and CPMs halved. Here is what that math actually means for a small business.
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ChatGPT Now Guesses Your Age, and Adults Are Getting Stuck in Teen Mode
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OpenAI launched ChatGPT for Teens without asking anyone for ID. It guesses instead. Here is what that silent classifier means if you run your business on ChatGPT.
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Stripe Just Bought OpenRouter for $7 Billion. Here Is What It Means for Small Business.
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Stripe agreed to buy AI gateway OpenRouter for over $7 billion. Here is what the deal actually changes for small business software bills and pricing.
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Anthropic’s IPO Valuation Just Doubled to $2 Trillion. Here’s What Actually Changes for You.
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Investors reportedly expect Anthropic to list in October at $2 trillion or more. The number is a headline. What matters for small business is what a public vendor does to pricing.
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IBM and OpenAI Just Partnered. Here’s What It Means for You.
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IBM and OpenAI announced a major enterprise AI alliance on August 13. Here is what the deal actually signals for small businesses that will never hire a consultant.
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Claude’s Text Is Now Watermarked. Here’s What That Means If You Write With AI
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Anthropic is watermarking text from its AI models worldwide to satisfy new EU rules. Here’s what AI text watermarking actually does, and what it changes for small businesses.