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Judge Blocks Government's $100M Grant Cancellations Over Improper AI Use A federal judge ruled Thursday that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) acted unconstitutionally when it canceled over $100 million in grants. The 143-page decision found that DOGE used ChatGPT to evaluate grant programs without proper legal review
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How to Use AI to Improve Your Google Business Profile Your Google Business Profile is often the first thing a potential customer sees before they ever visit your website — and most small business owners set it up once and forget about it. AI can change that, helping you write better
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OpenAI Launches Voice Intelligence Features for Your Business OpenAI just released new voice intelligence features through its API, allowing developers to build systems that understand and respond to spoken language. The tools work across customer service platforms, educational apps, and creator tools—essentially any place where your business interacts with
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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 invoicing is still one of the most neglected parts of running a small operation — it's easy to put
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Snap and Perplexity Part Ways on $400M AI Search Deal Snap and AI search startup Perplexity have ended their partnership agreement, according to an announcement from Snap this week. The companies had signed a $400 million deal last November that would have integrated Perplexity's AI-powered search engine directly
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How to Use AI to Write Grant Proposals for Small Businesses Grant funding is one of the few ways a small business can get real money without giving up equity or taking on debt — but writing a competitive proposal has always been the hard part. AI won't win
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SAP Bets $1.16B on German AI Lab—What This Means for Your Business Enterprise software giant SAP announced it will acquire German AI startup Prior Labs and invest heavily in developing new AI technology. The company is also restricting which AI agents customers can use on its platform, currently
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How to Use AI to Create a Loyalty Program for Your Small Business Repeat customers spend more, refer more people, and cost you far less to keep than new ones. But building a loyalty program used to mean hiring a consultant or paying for enterprise software you couldn't
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AI Chip Maker Cerebras Heads for Blockbuster IPO as OpenAI Partnership Deepens Cerebras, a specialized AI chip manufacturer, is preparing for an initial public offering that could value the company at $26.6 billion or more. The company has built a particularly close working relationship with OpenAI, the creator of
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Best AI Tools for Real Estate Agents in 2026 If you're a real estate agent running your own shop — or managing a small team — you're probably doing the work of five people before lunch. AI tools have gotten genuinely useful for agents this year, and the
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AI Startup Accused of Stealing Popular Meme for Labor-Replacement Ad Campaign Artisan, an AI startup, used the "This is fine" meme—created by artist KC Green—in billboard advertisements without permission. The ads promoted Artisan's hiring automation tools with the tagline "stop hiring humans."
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How to Use AI to Build a FAQ Page for Your Business Website A good FAQ page can cut your customer service emails in half — but most small business owners either skip it entirely or throw up five generic questions that don't actually help anyone. AI makes it
