Meta, Shopify, Stripe and Walmart Announce Draft Rules for AI Agents
Three stories, and Meta, Shopify, Stripe, and Walmart say they’re writing a rulebook for AI shopping agents.
Meta, Shopify, Stripe and Walmart Announce Draft Rules for AI Agents
Three stories, and Meta, Shopify, Stripe, and Walmart say they’re writing a rulebook for AI shopping agents.
Shopify Says Its AI Canvas Can’t Yet Handle Apps or Translations
Four stories, and Shopify says its AI store builder can’t yet handle apps or translations.
Google Says Free Gemini Drops to Its Lightest Model October 9
Four stories, and starting this Friday, Google says free Gemini users get only its lightest model.
Meta Launches Muse for Small Business, an AI Agent for QuickBooks, Shopify, and Stripe That Meta Says Asks Before It Publishes, Sends, or Spends. Plus Amazon’s Sponsored Alexa Answers and OpenAI’s GPT-6.1 Sol
Three stories and two rumors, and Meta just pointed its AI agent at small business, with connections to QuickBooks, Shopify, and Stripe.
Anthropic Says Its New Sonnet 5.5 Is Faster and Cheaper and On the Free Plan. Plus a Muse Security Follow-Up, ElevenLabs’ New Phone-Ready Voice, and Gemini Gems Retiring
Four stories and one rumor, and Anthropic just shipped a faster, cheaper Claude that its own announcement says is on the free plan.
Meta’s Muse Opens Early Access to a Video Avatar and a Mac App That Works While You’re Away. Plus Microsoft’s Always-On Autopilot Agent and Google’s AI Spam Hunter
Three stories and one rumor, and Meta just told Muse users the fastest way to get its newest features is to ask the agent itself.
GPT-6 Sol or Luna? Which New ChatGPT Model to Use for What. Plus How to Set Up Meta’s Muse and Google’s AI Hours Test
Three stories and one rumor, and if you’ve been wondering which of ChatGPT’s new models you’re supposed to use for what, today you get the plain answer.
Google Turns On AI Mode and Gemini Checkout by Default for Eligible Shopify Stores
Three stories and one rumor, and if you sell on Shopify, Google may have already switched on a Buy button for your products inside AI Mode and Gemini.
Meta Opens Its Muse Agent to Business Connectors, So Your Customers Could Reach You by Asking Their AI
hree stories and one rumor, and Meta just opened the door for your business to plug into its Muse agent, so a customer could reach you by asking their AI instead of searching for you.
Meta Now Sells Business Plans Inside Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp, From $14.99 to $499 a Month, and Links in Posts Start at $49.99
Three stories, one rumor, and Meta now sells business plans inside Instagram and Facebook, where a link in your posts starts at fifty dollars a month.
The Rebuilt Siri Went Live Yesterday, in Beta, and It Answers “Who’s Good Around Here” From the Open Web
Four stories, one rumor, and the new Siri went live on your customers’ phones yesterday afternoon.
Google Built a Pay Button for the Content It Feeds Into AI Answers
Three stories, one rumor, and Google has started paying people for the content it feeds into AI answers.
The Listing You Forgot About Is the One AI Reads First
Three stories, and the first one is Yelp’s CEO naming every AI assistant that’s now reading your Yelp page, and it’s most of them.
Scammers Are Hijacking Google Listings With AI Photos. Check Yours.
Four stories and one rumor, and the first one is a scam that puts somebody else’s phone number on your Google listing, inside a photo, where you’d never think to look.
The Chatbot Is Your Customer’s Background Check Now. 57% Have Been Talked Out of Buying
Four stories and one rumor, and the first one is a new survey showing AI chatbots are talking more than half of their users out of purchases, and nearly nine in ten would ask one before hiring a local business. ▶ LISTEN TO THIS EPISODE The Chatbot Is Your Customer’s Background Check No | RSS.com…
Apple Just Told You Which of Its Robots You Can Block Without Disappearing From the New Siri
Four stories today, and the first one is Apple quietly telling every website owner which of its robots you can block without disappearing from the new Siri.
Anyone Can Now Mark Your Business Closed By Talking To Google Maps
Three stories today, and the first one changes who gets to write what Google says about your business.
September 2, 2026: Anthropic’s Claude Fable 5.1 Launches, Cutting AI Costs Up to 45 Percent
Three stories today, a lighter day than usual, but a genuinely useful one: your AI tools got cheaper, and regulators just started paying attention to ChatGPT the way they already watch Google.
