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AI news for small business, Sunday, 11 October 2026

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

HIGHLIGHT

Grok Bot now gets its own email address, so an AI agent can sign up for services and contact businesses for you

AI agents with their own inbox will start writing to firms like yours, and your own agent can do the same.

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