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Cloudflare's New Browser Could Make AI Automation Cheaper for Your Business Cloudflare has launched Kitesurf, a cloud-based browser designed specifically for AI agents rather than human users. Unlike traditional browsers like Chrome, Kitesurf uses significantly less computing power to handle routine automation tasks—meaning developers can build AI
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How to Automate Customer Follow-Up Emails with AI (Without Sounding Like a Robot) If you've ever lost a sale because you forgot to follow up, or spent Sunday night manually writing "just checking in" emails, this is for you. Automating customer follow-up emails with AI is
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Apple's Jony Ive Teams With OpenAI on Hockey Puck-Sized Smart Speaker Coming in 2027 OpenAI and legendary designer Jony Ive are building a new AI device shaped like a hockey puck—roughly the size of a doughnut—that works as a smart speaker without a screen. The battery-powered
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How to Use AI for Social Media Marketing as a Small Business Owner If you're running a small business and trying to keep up with social media, you already know the problem: it eats time you don't have. AI tools have gotten good enough that they
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Venture Capital Is Banking on Creators to Reach Young Founders Lightspeed Venture Partners is making a major bet on creator-led investing. The firm is leaning heavily into partnerships with popular online personalities and content creators who can build trust with the next generation of startup founders. This strategy follows similar
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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 noon. AI won't change that overnight, but the right free tools can genuinely take some of that load off — from writing your
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Powerful Open AI Models Are Racing Ahead—But Safety Standards Aren't Keeping Up A new SaferAI report has found that Z.ai's open-weight GLM-5.2 model is approaching the capabilities of frontier AI systems like ChatGPT and Claude, but it's missing critical safety protections
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How to Use AI to Write Product Descriptions for Small Business If you're spending 20 minutes writing a product description that might get three seconds of attention, something's off. AI can cut that time down to under five minutes — and often produce copy that actually sells
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Design Arena Raises $7.9 Million to Teach AI Models What Humans Actually Want Design Arena, a platform that gathers human feedback on AI-generated designs, just closed a $7.9 million funding round. The platform is already being used by 5.3 million people worldwide to evaluate and improve designs
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How to Use AI to Create Video Scripts for Your Business Social Media Short-form video is now one of the highest-performing content types on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube — but sitting down to write a script from scratch is where most small business owners get stuck. AI can do the
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The Robotaxi Race: Two Very Different Paths Emerging The robotaxi industry is splitting into two distinct camps with competing visions for the future. Some companies are betting on fully autonomous vehicles that require little to no human intervention, while others are taking a hybrid approach—combining AI automation with human
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How to Use AI to Build a Referral Program for Your Small Business Word-of-mouth has always been the cheapest way to get new customers — but most small business owners never build a real system around it. AI changes that. You no longer need a marketing agency or a dedicated team
