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ChatGPT Business adds shared team tasks and @ChatGPT in Microsoft Teams and Slack
If your team uses ChatGPT Business, recurring jobs such as the weekly project update no longer depend on one person’s account. Staff can also ask ChatGPT for help inside a Microsoft Teams or Slack ch…
AI agents can now complete checkout on Shopify stores
If you sell through Shopify, an AI assistant can now buy from your shop on a customer’s behalf. It picks the product from the text on your page, so a product page with gaps loses the sale to a compet…
Swiss staff use AI daily more than most, but few feel ready for it
Your staff are probably pasting work into AI tools already, with or without rules. A new PwC survey shows Swiss workers use AI more often than the global average but feel less prepared, so a one-page…
58% of Swiss SMEs have never checked what AI says about them
Most Swiss SMEs have no idea what ChatGPT or Google’s AI tells customers about them. Ten minutes and three questions fix that, and almost none of your competitors have done it.
OpenAI and Anthropic release cheaper models on the same day
If you pay a monthly fee for Claude or ChatGPT, your plan now gets a better model and, on Claude, more use for the same price. If a supplier bills you for AI usage, the same work now costs them less,…
ChatGPT puts its privacy settings on one page
If staff use their own Free or Plus ChatGPT accounts for work, OpenAI can use those chats, customer details included, to train its models unless they switch training off. The new Privacy Center shows…
OpenAI is retiring custom GPTs: what to do if your team uses them
If your team uses a custom GPT, such as a “quote writer” that knows your price list, it stops working on 11 December 2026. Move it to the new format before then and it keeps working.
Microsoft adds a pay-per-use meter to new Copilot Business licences
New Copilot Business licences bought through an IT partner come with a usage meter switched on from 2 November 2026. Set a monthly limit before then, or some features can cost more than the fixed pri…
Swiss AI model Apertus now available inside Proton’s Lumo assistant
You can now test the Swiss-built AI model Apertus on your own letters and posts with a free account, in a Swiss assistant that keeps no logs of your chats. Ten minutes tells you whether it is good en…
ChatGPT can now read files from SharePoint, Box and Dropbox
Your team no longer has to download a price list or contract template and upload it again to ask ChatGPT about it. ChatGPT now opens files where they already live in SharePoint, Box or Dropbox. Conne…
ChatGPT Images 2.5 adds templates: a shop poster or flyer in minutes
A poster for your shop window, an event flyer or a product picture for your website no longer needs a designer for the first draft. ChatGPT’s new image model starts from ready templates, and it comes…
Gemini gets a Windows app: Alt + Space opens it over any program
Teams on Google Workspace with Windows PCs can now open Gemini with one shortcut, without switching to a browser tab. It’s switched on for every Workspace organisation with Gemini, so your admin deci…
OpenAI launches GPT-6 Astra, built to do computer tasks for you
If you pay for ChatGPT Business, a new model that fills in web forms and updates records for you arrives in your plan at no extra cost. Test it on one dull browser task before you trust it with more.
Anthropic releases Claude Fable 5.1: lower running costs, same prices
Claude users get a better model automatically, and firms that run Claude inside their own tools should see a smaller bill for long jobs. It’s also a good moment to write down how long your Claude pla…
Swiss AI model Apertus turns one: 4 million downloads, few business users yet
If you handle client documents you’d never paste into a US service, Apertus is the Swiss-built AI model your IT partner can run on Swiss servers, for example to translate between German, French and I…
ChatGPT now shows ads in Switzerland
Staff on free ChatGPT accounts now see ads below some answers, and ChatGPT has become an advertising channel in Switzerland. Move work use onto a business plan, and check whether ChatGPT names your b…
Four in five Swiss internet users now use AI, and 39% ask it before they buy
Four in five Swiss internet users now use AI, and two in five ask it for advice before they buy. Ten minutes this week shows you what ChatGPT tells those customers about your business.
ChatGPT Business adds Premium seats at USD 125 a month for heavy users
If one person on your team keeps hitting ChatGPT’s usage limit, you can now upgrade only that person’s seat instead of the whole team. Most small teams need to change nothing.
Google lets Gemini users switch off the visible watermark on AI images
Gemini can now make product photos and social images without the visible AI mark in the corner. Your marketing images look cleaner, and AI pictures of people or of your own shop still need a label.
Google puts an “Ask Gemini” button in Google Chat, English only at first
If your team works in Google Chat, staff can soon ask Gemini to find a file or summarise a conversation without leaving Chat. Accounts set to English get it first, and their old Gemini side-panel cha…
ChatGPT’s “Computer History” for Mac now works in Switzerland
A ChatGPT feature for Mac now records what staff click and type, so ChatGPT can help them pick up where they left off. It works in Switzerland from this week, so set your rule before anyone on ChatGP…
Microsoft merges its Copilot apps into one
Work and personal Copilot accounts now sit side by side in one app, which makes it easy to paste a customer file into the wrong one. A two-line note to your team this week prevents it.
Google Meet can now take notes in meetings around a real table
Site visits, supplier meetings and the quarterly review with your Treuhänder rarely happen on video, so nobody gets minutes. Google Meet now writes them from a phone on the table, if you are on Googl…
Google Sheets turns your spreadsheets into simple apps, no code needed
The job list, stock sheet or holiday planner that only one person in the office understands can now become a clickable app the whole team uses. Google’s new Sheets canvas builds it from one sentence,…
EU AI Act: since 2 August, chatbots must say they are AI and deepfakes must be labelled
If your website chat, WhatsApp bot or marketing reaches customers in the EU, it now has to tell people when they are dealing with AI. One plain line on each chat window and AI-made image covers most…
Free ChatGPT gets unlimited text chats: what it means for your business data
Free ChatGPT no longer caps text chats, so more of your team will use it for work. On free and personal accounts, those chats can train OpenAI’s models. A five-minute check this week keeps customer d…
Shopify: orders from AI search tripled in a year
Customers now find products and services by asking ChatGPT or Perplexity, and the AI picks answers from the facts on your web pages. A 30-minute check of your ten most important pages shows whether y…
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