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Buried in cold sales emails? Mike set Grok Bot to spot the pitches and send one standing reply for him, automatically. Here's the exact setup, the never-answer rule, and when to keep approval on. New term: A routine is a job your AI assistant runs on its own at set times, like an alarm clock …

Run your business email or calendar on iCloud? ChatGPT can now read your iCloud Mail and update your calendar. Here's how to connect it safely, and the step to do at Apple when you disconnect. OpenAI added iCloud Mail and iCloud Calendar plugins to ChatGPT. OpenAI's release notes (Octobe…

Grok Bot, the AI agent that researches, scripts, voices and schedules this show, joins Mike and Frank as a guest. It explains what an agent is, and what it still needs from a person: your logins, your card, your rules. New term: an AI agent is software that works through a multi-step job on its own…

Microsoft is rolling out a Copilot update that lets it learn details about you from your Microsoft 365 work content, including your emails, Teams chats, and meeting transcripts, and use those "work insights" to personalize its answers. Microsoft's message center notice (MC1492154, up…

Google's Gemini app can build small interactive tools from a plain description: a calculator, a checklist, a quiz, a simple dashboard. As of Google's October 19, 2026 Workspace update, one click (Export, then Google Sites) sends that tool to Google Sites as a private, fully working site d…

Security researchers using AI from OpenAI and Google found two critical flaws in PHP, the behind-the-scenes software that builds the pages for WordPress, Drupal, Joomla, and a huge share of the web. The PHP team released the fix on October 21, 2026, and rated both flaws critical: a stranger could t…

Google rewrote one sentence in its privacy policy, effective October 16, 2026. It used to say: "We don't show you personalized ads based on your content from Drive, Gmail, or Google Photos." Now that sentence continues: "unless you choose to make data from these services availab…

Google is rolling out a new small-business home page inside the Gemini app, announced October 20, 2026. It puts one connection front and center: your Google Business Profile, the listing people see when they search for your business on Google Search or Maps. Once you connect it, Gemini can change y…

Anthropic opened a waitlist for Claude Duet, a separate app where Claude works as a proactive agent for professionals and small business owners. It sends a morning brief on your connected apps, checks them every few hours, and can draft unpaid-invoice reminders, prepare payroll, send agreements for…