AI News
The latest on AI tools, models and what actually matters for you.
Canva launches Craft, its first image model, built for text-heavy designs
Canva Craft plans the layout before it draws, and Canva says that makes text in images more reliable. Here is how to test it on your own offers and menus.
iwoca launches toro, a free PR tool for small firms with no press office
The lender says AI search leans on what others write about you, so toro helps small businesses turn real news into press material. It drafts, but you still do the pitching.
Google adds a business page and finance tools to the Gemini app for small firms
Gemini is getting a business page, on-brand visuals and spreadsheet tools, with links to Xero, Shopify and Canva. Check what you connect before you hand over your figures.
Google Meet now posts AI meeting recaps into Google Chat, switched on by default
Google's AI note-taker now drops a short summary of each call, with decisions and actions, into the chat linked to the meeting. Users can't turn it off, but one meeting setting can stop it.
ChatGPT can now turn your notes into slide decks: check the numbers before you send one
ChatGPT Slides is rolling out to eligible Pro, Business and Enterprise plans, with export to PowerPoint and Google Slides. A finished-looking deck still needs a human check.
ChatGPT can now read and act in your open Chrome tabs, so set the rules first
OpenAI's upgraded Chrome extension lets ChatGPT work in tabs you already have open, including signed-in ones. A short team rule before anyone installs it costs very little.
OpenAI retires GPT-5.5: check your saved ChatGPT and Codex settings
OpenAI has retired GPT-5.5 from ChatGPT, ChatGPT Work and Codex. If a saved setting, agent or script names it, check it now.
Shopify now lets shoppers send any AI agent to buy from your shop
Shoppers can connect the AI assistant of their choice to their Shop account and let it search, check out and pay. Here is what a small online shop should check.
Google Meet can now draft your follow-up email after a call
Google's new "next steps" in Meet lets Gemini draft a Gmail follow-up or add action items to Tasks, but someone should read the draft before it goes to a client.
Microsoft 365 Copilot now personalises from work emails and chats, on by default
Copilot is starting to learn from staff emails, Teams chats and meeting transcripts. It is switched on unless someone switches it off, so decide this week whether you are happy with that.
ICO gets data protection changes from ten AI developers and turns to AI agents
The regulator published its findings on 8 October and opened a call for evidence on AI agents, which stays open until 20 November. Here is what it means for a small firm.
ChatGPT's GPT-6 update can build quick calculators inside the chat
GPT-6 with Intelligent UI reached every ChatGPT plan on 7 and 8 October, so your staff's answers may now come with buttons, charts and forms.