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Claude marketplace is now a catalogue of 2,000 connectors, not just a chat box
If you already pay for Claude, install two connectors you use every day.
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Google Vids now gives any Google account free HD AI clips at vids.new
Use the free pool for first-draft ads and explainers. Do not publish raw AI as brand film.
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Copilot Autopilot can keep working after you close the chat
Autopilot keeps working without a prompt. Preview it on one job, not the shop.
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Google turned on Gemini checkout for US Shopify stores. EU stores are not in.
US Shopify stores matched to Merchant Center were auto-enrolled. EU stores are not eligible. Check the toggle
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Antigravity can run the agent on your machine. Client code stays off the cloud.
Test hybrid local-plus-cloud on one NDA job. Do not rip out ChatGPT for this.
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The supplier portal with no API is now an agent job. Start with read-only clicks.
Record one low-risk portal task this week. Do not let the agent submit spend.
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Phave prices AI nurture at $36,000 a year. Steal the architecture, not the invoice.
Give AI four allowed next touches in a tool you already pay for. Keep consent as a rule.
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GPT-Live-1 makes one phone workflow cheap enough to test
Test one narrow phone job this week. Do not build a receptionist that does everything.
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Bird lets your existing agent email, WhatsApp and place the call
Test one enquiry-to-booking loop. Do not give the agent every customer channel yet.
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Amazon blocked Meta’s Muse. Silent shopping agents just hit a wall.
Undisclosed shopping agents are a terms risk, not extra traffic.
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Google is auto-upgrading Search campaigns to AI Max through 30 Sept. Log in before it spends like it knows you.
ACA and campaign-level broad match are flipping now. DSA can wait until 2027.
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Claude Opus 5.5 is not 40% cheaper on the price list. Test it on one agent job anyway.
Token price fell 20%. The 40% claim is workload cost, not the list.
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