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Practical writing on applied AI for Australian business owners and leaders. Every article answers at least one of three questions: what should I do, how would I implement it, and what does it look like in a real business?
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Grok Bot Updates 06: refund requests, gift finding, scheduled reorders and a new app icon
The official Grok Bot changelog has caught up, with four new entries from 3 to 6 November. The headline items are everyday ones: asking for a refund, finding a gift that arrives on time, reordering the usual list with one approval, and clearer phone call results.
Read the article →Grok Bot Updates 05: Mac 0.79.2 ships while the official notes stay on 0.78.1
The Mac app has moved to 0.79.2, but the official changelog has not caught up. Early community reports point to a tidier interface and per-bot voice controls. That is useful for anyone running more than one assistant.
Read the article →Grok Bot Updates 04: Grok Bot can now make phone calls, what it means for business
The official Grok Bot account has announced that Grok Bot can now make phone calls. The details are thin so far, but a bot that can pick up the phone is a real step for anyone running AI assistants in a business.
Read the article →Grok Bot Updates 03: Shopping cards and subscription templates, what's new and why it matters
The latest Grok Bot update is about everyday money admin: clearer product cards when you shop, order tracking after you buy, and templates that keep an eye on free trials and subscriptions you've forgotten about.
Read the article →Grok Bot Updates 02: Permissions, Vault payments and question cards, what's new and why it matters
The latest Grok Bot update is mostly about control: clearer rules for what your bot can do without asking, a say in which payment method it uses first, and cards that ask several questions in one go.
Read the article →Grok Bot Updates 01: Vault, 1Password and Pages, what's new and how to use them
Three recent Grok Bot updates change how everyday jobs get done: saving card and login details safely, signing in without typing passwords into chat, and live documents your bot keeps up to date.
Read the article →How to Build an AI Operating System for Your Business
Most businesses have AI tools. Very few have a system. Here is how to build the structure that makes them work together, and what we learned building our own.
Read the article →Why AI Automation Is More Than Automating Tasks
Automating one task saves minutes. Redesigning the process around it saves hours. Here is the difference, and how to tell which one you are doing.
Read the article →AI Agents Explained for Business Owners, Without the Hype
What an AI agent actually is, what it can do in a small business today, and how to try one without handing over the keys.
Read the article →From AI to Super Intelligence: Why the Next Computing Revolution Is Bigger Than Chatbots
The industry now talks about Super Intelligence factories. The bigger question for business is what gets built with the intelligence they produce.
Read the article →From AI Experimentation to Applied Intelligence
Why tools alone rarely change a business, and what changes when intelligence is built into workflows and operating systems.
Read the article →AI Strategy for Australian Businesses: Where Do You Actually Start?
Start with the business, not the technology: find the friction, map the opportunities and build a 90-day roadmap.
Read the article →Building a Business With AI From Day One: The Domestic Robot Experiment
What happens when AI is part of the founding operating model rather than software added later. Metrics included.
Read the article →What Is Super Intelligence? A Practical Definition for Business
A plain explanation of the term, where it comes from, and what it means for business now.
Read the article →The AI Opportunity Map: Where AI Can Create Value in Your Business
A function-by-function way to find the work AI can improve, and decide what to do first.
Read the article →A new article every Monday.
The publishing schedule for the rest of 2026. Titles may change as the work does.
- The Augmented Executive: How AI Changes the Way Leaders WorkPersonal Intelligence
- Super Intelligence vs Artificial Intelligence: What's the Difference?The Intelligence Age
- Domestic Robot, the first eight weeks: traffic, content and first revenueBusiness Intelligence
- AI Consulting vs Doing It In-HouseIntelligence Strategy
- AI Readiness Checklist for Australian BusinessesIntelligence Strategy
- The Difference Between AI Tools and AI SystemsIntelligence Strategy
- SI1's first quarter, in public: what worked, what didn'tThe system
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