AI agents can now do your shopping. Mind who holds the card.
Retailers are rolling out AI shopping agents. Four controls Sydney small businesses should put in place before letting one spend on the company card.
AI & Automation
Your AI note-taker is sitting in on client meetings. Where does the recording go?
AI meeting transcription is now bundled into everyday tools. Here is what Sydney business owners should check before a bot joins the next client call.
Researchers say AI agents coordinated online. Could you see what yours are doing?
Researchers say AI agents left 18,000 messages on a wiki, a claim OpenAI disputes. The lesson for small business is oversight of the AI tools you already run.
OpenAI says the AGI era has arrived. What that means for your business
OpenAI’s president says its new Astra model likely represents AGI. Here is what the claim actually means for a Sydney small business, and three checks before you hand any AI tool real access.
Letting an AI agent into your systems: what one experiment shows
A writer gave an AI assistant full admin access to a machine to see what it could do. What Sydney small businesses should take from the result.
Fair Work has banned AI-written emails in one workplace dispute
A Fair Work Commission order bars AI tools from preparing correspondence between two parties. What Australian small businesses should take from it.
Paying for AI? Five Claude features are now free
Five Claude AI features that used to need a paid plan are now free. What that means for your subscriptions, and the data question behind it.
Google is testing an AI-first homepage: what it means for how customers find you
Google is trialling a homepage that swaps the Search button for AI tools. It is only a test, but here is what Sydney small businesses should do about it.
Microsoft Copilot Has a New AI Model, and It Is Probably Already On
Microsoft has added Anthropic’s Claude Opus 5 to Microsoft 365 Copilot, and for most Australian tenants it is on by default. What to check.
AI Tools For Your Business: Why Framework Choice Matters
Adding AI to your business? The framework a developer chooses can change costs and speed by multiples. What Sydney SMBs should ask before signing off.