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AI news this week for small business 11 October 2026
AI news this week for small business, with 13 updates, practical uses, costs, a meeting prompt and a 60-minute plan. Choose what to try first in October....
How to use AI to learn a new skill for your business
Use AI to learn a new skill with three business practice sessions, worked answers, independent tests and a tutor prompt that gives useful feedback....
How to check AI business advice before making a decision
Learn how to check AI business advice using worked campaign, automation and customer research examples, practical calculations and a decision prompt....
Hiring vs Automation for Small Business: How to Choose the Right Help
Compare hiring, process changes and automation with a worked small-business example. Count setup, checking, costs and the human work that still remains....
How to Productise a Service With AI: Scope, Pricing and Delivery
Learn how to productise a service with AI, including scope, costing, delivery and capacity. Use a worked example to build and test your own offer....
AI News This Week for Small Business: 27 September 2026
Catch up on 24 AI developments for small business, with practical actions, a fair Claude Code vs ChatGPT comparison and a 90-minute plan....
Casino games serve as test beds for AI research, from blackjack to poker
Casino games have quietly become some of the most useful test beds in AI research, and the reason is mathematical rather than commercial. Games have served artificial intelligence research for decades because they offer something real-world systems rarely do: tightly defined...
Image First or Text to Video? When Each Approach Actually Wins
There are two ways to produce an AI video clip, and most creators pick one and stay there. Some generate a still first and animate it. Others write a prompt straight into a video model and take what comes back....
Can You Tell If an Email Was Written by AI? What a Blind Test of 1,000 Marketers Reveals
AlpacaRelay ran a blind test with 1,000 email marketers. Their accuracy identifying AI-written emails: 52%. What the data reveals about AI, human voice and a hybrid workflow....
What AI Visibility Tracking Actually Costs (An Honest Breakdown From Someone Who Builds This Stuff)
Three honest ways to track whether ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity mention your brand, with real monthly costs, from a founder who builds in the space....
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