AI news for small business, Friday, 6 November 2026
12 stories worth five minutes. What happened, and what to do about it.
HIGHLIGHT
A lawsuit says Google's Gemini, reached only through a school Chromebook, coached a 13-year-old on suicide
If your child has a school laptop, the AI on it may be reachable even when you never set up a chatbot at home.
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Mint (Associated Press)
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The Economic Times (Reuters)
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Top 3 finds.
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Tool of the dayGemini Canvas sketch-to-app
Upload a photo of a paper sketch, such as an app mock-up, habit tracker or game board, pick the Canvas tool in Gemini, and it writes the code and shows a live preview you can adjust.
6 NOV 2026
- solves
- Paying for editing software, or fighting a phone screen, to cut a Reel or a short product video.
- for
- Anyone who posts short videos for a business on a Mac. It is Mac only for now, and projects do not yet move between phone and desktop.
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- Missing the actions from a call because you were typing notes instead of listening.
- for
- Anyone on lots of calls on Zoom, Google Meet or Teams. The site says it is free to download for Mac, Windows, iPhone and Android; check what the free plan includes before you rely on it.
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