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Trump's AI Czar Resigns, Creating Uncertainty for Business Owners David Sacks, who was appointed to lead the Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI), has already stepped down from the role. His departure marks another leadership shuffle in a position that appears to be becoming increasingly unstable, raising
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How to Use AI to Analyze Your Sales Data as a Small Business If you're sitting on months of sales records and have no idea what they're actually telling you, you're leaving real money on the table. AI can now do in minutes what
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Christopher Nolan Warns AI Is a "Trojan Horse"—Here's What That Means for Your Business Filmmaker Christopher Nolan, known for blockbuster films like Oppenheimer and The Dark Knight, recently compared artificial intelligence to a Trojan horse—a hidden threat that appears beneficial on the surface. Speaking
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Best AI Tools for Salons and Spas in 2026 If you run a salon or spa, you already know the job is two jobs: doing the actual work and running the business around it. AI tools have gotten practical enough in 2026 that they can genuinely take some of that
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AI Money Could Flow Back to Workers and Communities, Says Top Venture Capitalist Neil Rimer, co-founder of the venture capital firm Index Ventures, believes the massive wealth being created by artificial intelligence in Silicon Valley will eventually be redistributed—either through voluntary corporate actions or government intervention. Speaking recently, Rimer
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How to Use AI to Create a Training Manual for New Employees Onboarding a new hire without a training manual is like handing someone car keys and hoping they figure out the route. It wastes your time, their time, and usually leads to mistakes you have to fix later. The
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Luxury Foldable Phone's $6,880 AI Agent: Worth the Price for Small Business Owners? Vertu, a luxury phone maker, is asking executives to pay nearly $7,000 for a foldable device built around an AI agent that handles workflows, scheduling, and data management. The device combines high-end hardware
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How to Use AI to Improve Your Google Business Profile (And Actually Get More Customers) Your Google Business Profile is often the first thing a potential customer sees before they ever visit your website. If it's half-filled or generic, you're losing people before you even get
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Google Vids Adds AI Avatars—Now You Can Star in Your Own Marketing Videos Google is rolling out personalized AI avatars to its Vids platform, letting you create videos featuring a digital version of yourself. The update pairs these avatars with Gemini Omni-powered tools that generate and edit videos from
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Best AI Invoice and Billing Tools for Freelancers and Small Businesses Getting paid on time is the difference between a business that survives and one that doesn't. Yet most small business owners still spend hours every month manually creating invoices, chasing late payments, and guessing which clients need
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Microsoft Trains Sales Team to Push Its Own AI Over ChatGPT and Claude Microsoft is coaching its sales staff to position its in-house AI models as cheaper and more efficient alternatives to OpenAI's ChatGPT and Anthropic's Claude, according to recent reporting. The push reflects Microsoft'
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How to Use AI to Write Grant Proposals for Small Businesses Grant money doesn't have to go only to nonprofits and universities. Small businesses can qualify for federal, state, and private grants — but most owners never apply because writing a proposal feels like a full-time job. AI changes
