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- 2 October 2026Meta opens its Muse AI agent to small businesses, but only in the US and Canada
On 29 September, Meta launched Muse for Small Business (Meta, TechCrunch). Muse is Meta’s AI agent: an assistant that works through a task on its own instead of only answering questions. The small-bu…
- 2 October 2026AI agents can now complete checkout on Shopify stores
On 28 September, Shopify let AI agents complete checkout on eligible Shopify stores (Shopify developer changelog, PYMNTS). An AI agent here is an assistant that runs in the shopper’s web browser and…
- 2 October 2026PwC: Swiss workers use AI daily more than most, but few feel ready for it
On 29 September, the consulting firm PwC published its 2026 Global Workforce Hopes and Fears Survey. It asked 49,364 workers in 48 countries and regions, in May and June 2026 (PwC via PR Newswire, Th…
- 25 September 202658% of Swiss SMEs have never checked what AI says about them
On 24 September 2026 the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts (HSLU) published the “KMU Digital Pulse 2026” (HSLU IKM blog). It is a survey of 504 marketing decision-makers in Swiss SMEs,…
- 25 September 2026OpenAI and Anthropic release cheaper models on the same day
On 22 September 2026 the two big US AI companies both released new, cheaper AI models.
- 25 September 2026ChatGPT puts its privacy settings on one page
On 21 September 2026 OpenAI started to add a Privacy Center to ChatGPT for Business users (ChatGPT Business release notes). It brings these settings together on one page:
- 18 September 2026OpenAI is retiring custom GPTs: what to do if your team uses them
On 11 September 2026 OpenAI told ChatGPT Business customers that it will retire custom GPTs on all ChatGPT plans (ChatGPT Business release notes). A custom GPT is a version of ChatGPT that someone ha…
- 18 September 2026Microsoft adds a pay-per-use meter to new Copilot Business licences
On 16 September 2026 Microsoft told its resellers about a change to Microsoft 365 Copilot Business (universal.cloud, 17 September). New licences bought through its partner programme will have usage-b…
- 18 September 2026Swiss AI model Apertus now available inside Proton’s Lumo assistant
On 17 September 2026 ETH Zurich announced that Apertus 1.5 is now a model option in Lumo (ETH Zurich). Apertus is an open AI model built by EPFL, ETH Zurich and the Swiss National Supercomputing Cent…
- 11 September 2026ChatGPT can now read files from SharePoint, Box and Dropbox
On 10 September 2026 OpenAI added Box, Dropbox and SharePoint to ChatGPT’s Library (the place in ChatGPT where your files are kept). Google Drive was already there. Users can now browse and search fi…
- 11 September 2026Mistral raises EUR 3 billion, Europe’s biggest tech funding round
On 8 September 2026 the French AI company Mistral announced it had raised EUR 3 billion at a valuation of more than EUR 21 billion. Samsung Electronics led the round, with EQT’s Scaleup Europe Fund a…
- 11 September 2026Apple’s new Siri arrives in English first, not initially in the EU
At its event on 9 September 2026 Apple announced “Siri AI”, a rebuilt Siri powered by Apple Intelligence, alongside the iPhone 18 Pro (Apple Newsroom). Apple said Siri AI would start as a test versio…
- 4 September 2026OpenAI launches GPT-6 Astra, aimed at doing computer tasks for you
On 3 September 2026 OpenAI released GPT-6 Astra. OpenAI calls it its most capable model so far. It went to a limited set of organisations first. OpenAI said it would reach ChatGPT Plus, Pro, Business…
- 4 September 2026Anthropic releases Claude Fable 5.1 and cuts running costs
On 1 September 2026 Anthropic released Claude Fable 5.1, an update to its main model. It also released Mythos 5.1, a restricted version only for vetted security and life-sciences work. Fable 5.1 went…
- 4 September 2026Swiss AI model Apertus turns one: 4 million downloads, few business users yet
On 2 September 2026 swissinfo.ch took stock of Apertus, the open AI model built by EPFL, ETH Zurich and the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre and released in September 2025. It counted about 4 mil…
- 28 August 2026ChatGPT now shows ads in Switzerland
From Monday 24 August, OpenAI started showing ads in ChatGPT in 31 European countries: the 27 EU countries plus Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland (Organisator, Index Lab). OpenAI announc…
- 28 August 2026Four in five Swiss internet users now use AI, says Digimonitor 2026
On 25 August, the IGEM-Digimonitor 2026 media study found that 80% of Swiss internet users aged 15 to 75 use AI. In 2024, the figure was 40%. About a third use AI every day (IGEM summary, PDF, SRF).…
- 28 August 2026ChatGPT Business adds Premium seats at USD 125 a month for heavy users
On 24 and 25 August, OpenAI made Premium seats available in ChatGPT Business, its plan for small teams (ChatGPT Business release notes, OpenAI). A Premium seat gives one person five times the usage o…
- 21 August 2026Google lets Gemini users switch off the visible watermark on AI images
On Friday 14 August, Google added a Media Watermark setting to the Gemini app and to Flow, its video tool. The setting lets people remove the small visible mark from AI-made images (made with Google’…
- 21 August 2026Google puts an “Ask Gemini” button in Google Chat, English only at first
On 19 August, Google announced Ask Gemini in Chat. It is a new place inside Google Chat where staff can ask Gemini to search company files and messages, summarise conversations, draft text and manage…
- 21 August 2026ChatGPT’s “Computer History” for Mac now works in Switzerland
On 20 August, OpenAI made Computer History available in the EEA, Switzerland and the UK (ChatGPT Business release notes). A week earlier, it had launched in the US only (Cult of Mac).
- 14 August 2026Microsoft merges its Copilot apps into one
On 13 August, Microsoft started to roll out a single Copilot app. It replaces the separate apps for personal Copilot and Microsoft 365 Copilot. The web and mobile versions came first. The Windows and…
- 14 August 2026Google Meet can now take notes in meetings around a real table
On 13 August, Google announced that Gemini’s “Take notes for me” now works in in-person meetings, not only in video calls (Google Workspace Updates). You open Google Meet on your phone or computer an…
- 14 August 2026Federal Council plans a 2027 AI summit in Geneva
On 12 August, the Federal Council set out its plans for the Geneva AI Summit 2027. It appointed Fabiola Gianotti, CERN’s director-general from 2016 to 2025, to prepare the summit (Federal Council). T…
- 7 August 2026EU AI Act: since 2 August, chatbots must say they are AI and deepfakes must be labelled
On 2 August 2026, the EU started to enforce its AI Act. The EU’s AI Office and national authorities are in charge. A set of transparency rules began to apply on the same day. The European Commission…
- 7 August 2026Free ChatGPT gets unlimited text chats: what it means for your business data
On 6 August, OpenAI announced that its new AI model, GPT-5.6 Luna, would become the default for ChatGPT’s Free and Go plans that week. Go is a low-cost personal plan. From the following week, free us…
- 7 August 2026Shopify: orders from AI search tripled in a year
On 5 August, Shopify presented its second-quarter results. It said visits and orders coming from AI tools had tripled compared with a year earlier. Visits from traditional search engines such as Goog…
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