NEWS/7 OCT

AI news for small business, Wednesday, 7 October 2026

5 stories worth five minutes. What happened, and what to do about it.

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Google unveils Gemini 4 Argon, a top coding and business model that only trusted security teams can use for now

Priced at $2 per million input tokens, but wider access waits on safety checks and a US government review.

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    The calls that eat the day: checking a supplier's stock or opening hours, asking for a quote, booking an appointment, or sitting through a phone menu.
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    Seeing how a product looks before buying, which cuts the doubt that leads to returns, and lets a shop owner see the experience their customers will now have.
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