Your Phone Is About to Get Its Own AI

Title: Your Phone will Get Its Own AI

A new article from Harvard Business Review, The Case for Using Small Language Models, highlights an important shift. Instead of relying on large cloud-based AI systems, we are moving toward smaller, faster models that can eventually run directly on your phone.

These are called small language models, or SLMs. They are simplified versions of the AI behind tools like ChatGPT, but built to run locally. That means they respond quickly, protect your privacy, and do not need a constant internet connection.

This shift is possible because hardware is catching up. Companies like NVIDIA are building powerful AI systems small enough to fit in edge devices like phones and wearables.

The result is a future where your phone could have its own private AI assistant. One that understands your habits, communicates in your style, and keeps your data on your device.

It is not here yet, but it is coming. And it is going to change how we interact with technology.

Read the full article here: The Case for Using Small Language Models

From Google Rankings to AI Citations: The Next Search Shift

AI models do more than generate answers. They sometimes cite the sources they rely on. A Semrush study of 150,000 citations in June 2025 highlights which domains appear most often in responses from ChatGPT and Perplexity.

View the full infographic: Ranked – The Most Cited Websites by AI Models
Source: Visual Capitalist, June 2025 (based on Semrush data)

Top AI citations:

• Reddit (40.1%) — leading for user-generated experiences
• Wikipedia (26.3%) — structured facts and reference
• YouTube (23.5%) and Google.com (23.3%) — tutorials and general information
• Yelp (21%) and Facebook (20%) — reviews and social input
• Amazon (18.7%) — product details and comparisons

How this compares to Google search

Google search favors authoritative and SEO-optimized pages such as news outlets, official websites, and trusted blogs. AI citations instead lean toward community-driven and experience-based sources like Reddit and Yelp.

This creates a new type of citation index. Google reflects what its ranking algorithm sees as authoritative. AI reflects what models find useful for answering questions. It is less about SEO and more about coverage and conversational value.

The rise of AI SEO

If AI continues to highlight Reddit and other forums, search visibility will evolve into something new. Businesses may soon shift from competing for top positions on Google to competing for citations inside AI responses. This is the beginning of an AI SEO era.

What businesses can do now

• Be present where AI looks: Participate on forums like Reddit, Quora, and industry-specific communities.
• Invest in structured facts: Wikipedia-style clarity, FAQs, and well-organized knowledge increase the chance of being cited.
• Create explainers: Tutorials, how-tos, and walkthroughs perform well in AI citations, especially on YouTube and blogs.
• Focus on credibility: As AI citation habits mature, trusted sources will likely be favored over casual discussion.

Takeaway: The game is shifting from being discoverable on Google to being referenced by AI. Brands that adapt early to this new citation index will shape the future of visibility in the conversational web.

Labels: AI, ChatGPT, Perplexity, AI Citations, Google Search, Semrush Study, Reddit, Wikipedia, YouTube, SEO, AI SEO, AI Trends

The Rise of Disposable Software in the Age of AI

Artificial Intelligence has made it easier than ever to generate functional software in minutes. This speed and affordability have shifted the software landscape, making many apps and tools effectively disposable. Need a calculator tailored for your niche workflow? AI can spin it up in seconds. Want a customer feedback tool with specific branding? Done by lunch.

The result is a shift in the value proposition of software. Instead of investing heavily in monolithic systems, teams can iterate rapidly, discard what doesn’t work, and spin up alternatives with minimal cost. The anchoring value of software—how essential or long-lasting it feels—has dropped. We now build for the moment, not the decade.

This disposability isn't about waste; it's about agility. Software is becoming less of a product and more of a transient solution. For developers and businesses, the challenge is no longer just writing code, but making the right code at the right time, then knowing when to let it go.

OpenAI’s Commerce Layer: Quiet Feature, Big Power Move

OpenAI just confirmed it will take a cut of product sales made directly inside ChatGPT. On the surface, it looks like a modest feature. In reality, it is a structural shift in how platforms monetize intent. Here is how:

Instead of pushing users to websites or relying on ad clicks, ChatGPT will host the entire transaction flow. The user stays in the conversation. The product appears because it fits. And OpenAI takes a cut.

If this sounds familiar, it should. Apple turned distribution into a tollbooth. Google turned search into an auction. Imagine if Google had not only taken your ad dollars but also demanded a percentage of every sale you made from that ad. That is the direction OpenAI is pointing toward. Discovery, recommendation, and transaction all happen in one place and OpenAI owns the frame.

OpenAI is doing something different but potentially more powerful. It is collapsing the entire discovery to purchase journey into one interface it controls. No links. No clicks. Just context, trust, and conversion. This is not just a new revenue model. It is a new kind of platform dominance and it will feel just like a conversation where the user clicks a button to say yes to buying, like Amazon's one click but even more natural.This is not just commerce, it is platform consolidation with a conversational mask.

See the article here

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ChatGPT Agent Mode Roll Out: What You Need to Know

OpenAI is rolling out the much-anticipated ChatGPT agent mode this Thursday for subscribers on the Pro, Plus, and Team plans. This new feature is designed to enhance the user experience by enabling more powerful, task-oriented interactions with ChatGPT. These examples highlight the capabilities:

🌤 Pull weather and traffic data for your area, and summarize key alerts

📅 Scan your calendar for the day’s meetings and surface prep notes or attached files

📬 Auto-summarize google emails marked Important or from designated domains (e.g. clients, dev platforms)

🎧 Queue up one high-quality podcast or newsletter based on your learning interests (AI coaching, automation trends)

✍️ Draft a personal blog snippet from your prior day’s win, and push it to your GitHub Pages or website

To activate it, simply select “agent mode” from the dropdown menu of tools within ChatGPT. Once enabled, agent mode allows ChatGPT to take more autonomous actions and complete multi-step tasks—potentially transforming how users approach problem-solving and productivity within the app.

If you're a subscriber, keep an eye out for the update and explore what agent mode can do for you.

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Microsoft Notebook: Showing Up Late, but At Least It Showed Up

Microsoft has launched CoPilot Notebooks, an AI-powered workspace built into the Microsoft 365 Copilot experience. It can pull together your one drive documents, meeting notes, emails, and chats into a central hub, where Copilot can analyze and summarize them, draft content, and answer questions.

In other words, it’s Microsoft’s answer to tools like ChatGPT’s Projects and Claude’s Artifacts—places where users can work with persistent context and AI memory. It’s not groundbreaking, but it’s functional. And unlike Gemini, which still hasn’t really delivered on its workspace promises, at least Copilot finally joined the game.

Notebook’s edge is that it lives directly inside the M365 ecosystem. If you’re already buried in Outlook, Word, and Teams, you don’t have to juggle tools—Notebook plugs right into that workflow.

Learn more here: Microsoft 365 Copilot Notebooks