Weekly AI Highlights: April 25 - May 1, 2026 What Small Business Owners Need to Know Right Now by Jen Lehner Reader, Last night two coyotes interrupted my evening walk. Actually, I think I interrupted the two coyotes. The way they kept running back and forth in front of me made me think there were pups nearby. (Is that what you call baby coyotes?). Even though I was bummed to cut my walk short, I was grateful for the interaction. More and more I feel very comforted by nature. I mean, nature...
13 days ago • 5 min read
Weekly AI Highlights: April 18 - 24, 2026 What Small Business Owners Need to Know Right Now by Jen Lehner Reader, first of all, my apologies. I really only like to bring you a maximum of three updates each week. But this week, every single one is bananas. I keep saying this: AI isn't changing by the day anymore. It's changing by the minute. Which is exactly why I'm writing you from Sullivan's Island, South Carolina. My college best friends and I finally pulled off a long overdue reunion this...
19 days ago • 9 min read
Weekly AI Highlights: April 11 – 17, 2026 What Small Business Owners Need to Know Right Now by Jen Lehner Reader, what a week. Started it with a quick trip to Arizona with my husband. Short and sweet, the kind of getaway that ends before you're fully unpacked but somehow still resets you. Got home, caught my breath for about five minutes, and jumped into kicking off a new CAIVA cohort. This group of VAs is sharp, and watching them dive into AI with real curiosity is honestly one of the best...
27 days ago • 5 min read
Weekly AI Highlights: April 4 - 10, 2026 What Small Business Owners Need to Know Right Now by Jen Lehner Reader, Anthropic had a massive week. They launched Managed Agents for developers, and revealed a new model called Mythos that's so good at hacking they won't release it publicly. Google connected Gemini and NotebookLM in a way I've been waiting for. Well, sort of. More on that in a second. Let's get into it. 1. Claude Managed Agents Is Here Anthropic released Claude Managed Agents, a new...
about 1 month ago • 5 min read
Weekly AI Highlights: March 28 - April 3, 2026 What Small Business Owners Need to Know Right Now by Jen Lehner Reader, This week has been pretty quiet on the AI news front. And honestly, I kind of like it. The last few weeks have been a firehose of updates. Slower weeks are good. They give you time to actually try the things we talk about here. That said, a few things worth knowing. Claude Code got Computer Use (the developer version of what Cowork already has). Meta launched prescription AI...
about 1 month ago • 5 min read
Weekly AI Highlights: March 21 - March 27, 2026 What Small Business Owners Need to Know Right Now by Jen Lehner Reader, Claude can now use your computer. Open apps. Navigate your browser. Fill in spreadsheets. Move files around. All while you're somewhere else. You text it from your phone. It does the work on your Mac. You come back to finished work. I've been testing it since the day it launched and I wrote a full breakdown on the blog. But first, here's this week's roundup. 1. Claude Can...
about 2 months ago • 6 min read
Weekly AI Highlights: March 14 - March 20, 2026 What Small Business Owners Need to Know Right Now by Jen Lehner Reader, Claude is giving everyone double the usage for two weeks. Manus (now owned by Meta) released a desktop app that lets AI work directly on your computer. And Google is letting Gemini read your Gmail and Photos to personalize your search results for free. Let's get into it. 1. Claude Doubles Usage Limits for Two Weeks (and Longer Conversations Are Here) Anthropic is doubling...
about 2 months ago • 5 min read
Weekly AI Highlights: March 7 - March 13, 2026 What Small Business Owners Need to Know Right Now by Jen Lehner Reader, This week felt less like product updates and more like a land grab. Google revamped Gemini across Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Drive. Zoom announced an entire AI office suite and those AI avatars we've been hearing about. And Anthropic launched a marketplace for Claude-powered business tools. Every major platform is racing to become the place where your work gets done. Not just...
2 months ago • 4 min read
Weekly AI Highlights: February 28 - March 6, 2026 What Small Business Owners Need to Know Right Now by Jen Lehner Reader, Claude had the kind of week most companies dream about. #1 app in the country. Free memory for everyone. Voice commands for developers. And half the internet is trying to figure out how to move their ChatGPT data over. Meanwhile, OpenAI released an update specifically because users kept complaining that ChatGPT was too preachy and annoying. And then, as I was literally...
2 months ago • 7 min read