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OpenAI's No. 2 Executive Steps Down, Creating Leadership Uncertainty Fidji Simo, who served as OpenAI's President and second-in-command, is stepping down from her full-time role after taking medical leave that extended longer than expected. The departure comes as OpenAI prepares for a potential public offering and
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How to Use AI to Respond to Negative Online Reviews (Without Sounding Like a Robot) A one-star review sitting on your Google Business Profile can cost you real customers — studies consistently show that most people read reviews before choosing a local business. How you respond matters almost as much as
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ChatGPT's Voice Mode Gets Smarter About When to Actually Listen OpenAI has upgraded ChatGPT's voice feature with a new model called GPT-Live-1 that feels more like talking to a real person. The biggest improvement: it interrupts you less and knows when to wait instead of jumping
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How to Use AI to Create a Week of Social Media Content in One Hour If social media keeps sliding to the bottom of your to-do list, you're not lazy — you're just doing it the slow way. AI can help you plan, write, and schedule an
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Meta's New AI Image Generator Sparks Privacy Backlash From Users Meta has launched Muse Image, a new AI image generator that can create custom visuals for advertising, design work, and other business uses. The tool promises to help small business owners quickly produce marketing materials and promotional content.
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Best AI Tools for Small Business Accounting and Bookkeeping in 2025 If you're spending your Sunday nights squinting at spreadsheets or dreading tax season, AI-powered accounting tools might be the most useful thing you add to your business this year. The gap between "doing it yourself the
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Apple Lets You Customize How Siri Sounds and Speaks in New iOS Update Apple's latest iOS 27 beta gives users control over Siri's speaking pace and expressivity—how energetic or flat the assistant sounds. The update is part of Apple's bigger rebuild of Siri
How to Use AI to Respond to Negative Online Reviews (Without Sounding Like a Robot) A one-star review sitting on your Google Business Profile can cost you real customers — studies consistently show that most people read reviews before choosing a local business. How you respond matters almost as much as
How to Use AI to Create a Week of Social Media Content in One Hour If social media keeps sliding to the bottom of your to-do list, you're not lazy — you're just doing it the slow way. AI can help you plan, write, and schedule an
Best AI Tools for Small Business Accounting and Bookkeeping in 2025 If you're spending your Sunday nights squinting at spreadsheets or dreading tax season, AI-powered accounting tools might be the most useful thing you add to your business this year. The gap between "doing it yourself the
How to Use ChatGPT to Write a Business Plan (Step-by-Step) Writing a business plan used to mean hiring a consultant or staring at a blank Word doc for three weeks. ChatGPT changes that — but only if you know how to use it right. This guide walks you through exactly how
How to Use ChatGPT to Write a Business Plan (Step-by-Step) Writing a business plan used to mean hiring a consultant or staring at a blank Word doc for three weeks. ChatGPT changes that — but only if you know how to use it right. This guide walks you through exactly how
Google's AI Founding Fathers Ad Shows How Far Marketing Has Drifted Google released a commercial for Workspace that reimagines the founding fathers using AI and collaboration tools to draft the Declaration of Independence. The ad, which opens with "Group project, but make it 1776," has drawn
How to Use AI to Answer Customer Questions on Your Website If you're losing potential customers because nobody's around to answer their questions at 9pm on a Tuesday, AI can fix that — without hiring anyone. A chatbot or AI widget on your website can handle the
Midjourney Demands Hollywood Studios Reveal Their Own AI Use Midjourney, an AI image-generation company, is pushing three major Hollywood studios to disclose exactly how they use artificial intelligence in their own operations. The demand comes as part of an ongoing legal dispute between the company and the studios, who have
Best AI Scheduling Tools for Small Service Businesses (2025) If you run a service business — a salon, cleaning company, personal training studio, plumbing operation, or anything else where time is the product — you already know how much energy goes into just getting people on the calendar. Phone tags, double-bookings, no-shows,
Zuckerberg Admits AI Agents Falling Behind Schedule—What This Means for Your Business Mark Zuckerberg told Meta staff during an internal meeting that the company's AI agent development is progressing slower than expected. The Meta CEO acknowledged that timelines for rolling out AI agents—software designed to complete
How to Automate Customer Follow-Up Emails with AI (Without Sounding Like a Robot) Most small business owners lose sales not because their product is bad, but because they forget to follow up. A lead fills out your contact form, a customer buys once and disappears, or someone attends your event
Jersey Mike's IPO Shows How Far AI Hype Has Stretched Jersey Mike's Subs filed paperwork for its initial public offering, and buried in the regulatory documents is language about artificial intelligence. For a sandwich franchise built on the simple concept of making good subs, the mention
How to Use AI for Social Media Marketing as a Small Business Owner If you're running a small business and trying to stay consistent on social media, you already know the problem: it eats time you don't have. AI can genuinely change that — not by doing
Ashton Kutcher Splits from Sound Ventures to Launch Infrastructure-Focused VC Firm Actor and venture capitalist Ashton Kutcher is leaving Sound Ventures, the AI-focused investment firm he co-founded, to launch a new venture capital fund with Morgan Beller. The new fund will concentrate on investing in the infrastructure and energy systems
Best Free AI Tools for Restaurants in 2026 Running a restaurant with a small team means you're doing the work of five people before the dinner rush even starts. AI tools won't fix a bad supplier or a no-show line cook, but they can quietly handle
Wayve Offers $85M Employee Stock Tender to Keep AI Talent Wayve, an AI startup focused on autonomous vehicle technology, launched an $85 million tender offer allowing employees to sell existing stock at an $8.5 billion company valuation. This move lets staff members cash in on their equity before the
