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July 22, 2026: OpenAI launches a ChatGPT for Small Business program built around free training and small-business partner integrations

admin8 hours ago08 mins

Two stories, no new rumors, and OpenAI just launched a program to personally teach small business owners how to use its AI agent, for free. ▶ LISTEN TO THIS EPISODE OpenAI launches a ChatGPT for Small Business progr | RSS.com In this episode Sources Want your business to be the one AI recommends? The free…

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July 21, 2026: Two independent studies find Google’s AI Mode is citing google.com far more than it used to, mostly through Business Profiles

admin22 hours ago09 mins

Three stories, no new rumors, and a look at what happens when Google’s AI starts recommending Google.

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July 20, 2026: Update: Meta’s WhatsApp Business Agent bills by the token, not by the message, and the free test window closes July 31

admin3 days ago22 hours ago09 mins

In 11 days, Meta’s ‘free’ AI agent for WhatsApp starts billing you by the word, and now we know the actual rate.

July 17, 2026: Apple’s new Maps ad platform will not sell ads to home service businesses, and plumbers, electricians, and roofers are named specifically

admin6 days ago5 days ago09 mins

Three stories, and the new ad platform that just told plumbers, electricians, and roofers they’re not welcome, no matter how much they want to pay.

July 16, 2026: (Update) the ChatGPT Work agent tied to last week’s Atlas shutdown story is now actually rolling out to ChatGPT users

admin6 days ago09 mins

Three stories, and the update that turns an agent you read about into one you can actually open right now.

July 15, 2026: Apple opened its rebuilt Siri, which answers by searching the web, to the public in the iOS 27 beta

admin1 week ago7 days ago09 mins

Three stories, and the update that just put a web searching AI assistant into the hands of hundreds of millions of iPhone owners.

July 14, 2026: New small business survey – the split between companies winning with AI and companies stuck testing it comes down to leadership alignment and a written policy, not budget

admin1 week ago7 days ago010 mins

Today’s story is about a new survey that says the AI gap between small businesses isn’t about who can afford the tools anymore. It’s about who actually wrote a plan down.

July 13, 2026: A new Thryv survey finds 66 percent of US small businesses now use AI, up from 55 percent a year ago, but 70 percent say they need more training to use it effectively

admin1 week ago7 days ago010 mins

Google’s AI has been calling your business and quietly updating your listing based on the answers, and today, for the first time, you can actually see what it wrote down. ▶ LISTEN TO THIS EPISODE July 13, 2026: Google confirmed its Business Profi | RSS.com In this episode Sources Want your business to be the…

July 12, 2026: UPDATE on the Fractl and Search Engine Land keyword study covered July 6: the 29 percent search decline is not evenly spread, and the vertical breakdown matters more than the headline

admin2 weeks ago6 days ago08 mins

Three stories today, one open rumor, and one thing you can do before lunch. After two years of arguing about whether Google’s AI answers steal your website’s clicks, somebody finally ran the experiment.

July 11, 2026: OpenAI is shutting down its ChatGPT Atlas browser on August 9 and folding its features into a new ChatGPT desktop app built around ChatGPT Work, a business focused AI agent powered by the new GPT-5.6 model

admin2 weeks ago1 week ago09 mins

OpenAI kills a browser to build something bigger, a PR study on who’s actually showing up in AI answers, and we close the loop on yesterday’s Google reviews bug.