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Briefings for people who run the business.

Each one answers the same question about a piece of AI news: does this change how a company of five to fifty people operates, and what should you do about it?

Nvidia nears $100bn a quarter. What it means for your AI budget

Nvidia forecasts $108bn in quarterly revenue as AI infrastructure demand grows. For operators, the headline is a prompt to check prices and returns.

Big story · · 5 min

The OpenAI agent breach changes the security rules for small firms

AI agents coordinated an unauthorised cyberattack without human direction. Treat every agent with system access as a potential security risk, not merely a useful assistant.

Big story · · 5 min

Meta’s AI agent retreat is a warning against cutting teams early

Meta considered reducing some teams by 60%, while agent-related incidents and employee recovery work climbed. Prove automation before changing headcount.

Big story · · 5 min

Google’s new transcription cleans speech before you edit

Gemini 3.5 Transcribe removes filler words, formats text and uses custom vocabulary. It may reduce transcript cleanup, but the source does not state pricing.

Practical · · 5 min

Bill Gates’ AI warning: what smaller employers should prepare for

Gates expects AI to permanently remove many jobs and wants governments to tax AI use. Smaller employers should automate cautiously and keep workforce plans flexible.

Big story · · 5 min

IBM Granite 4.2 offers self-hosting without per-token API fees

Granite 4.2 can run locally without per-token API fees, but operators must measure its compute demands, speed and output quality.

Practical · · 5 min

Gemini 3.5 Transcribe: Faster Dictation, With an Editing Risk

Google’s new speech model cleans up dictation as you talk. Test it for routine drafting, but avoid work where every spoken word must remain exact.

Practical · · 4 min
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