Clear thinking on AI agents
Practical, sourced articles on AI assistants, AI agents and the rules around them, for businesses in Ireland, across Europe, in the United States and beyond. No hype, and no sales pitch.
Which personal AI agent should you use? (Ireland & EU, 2026)
Picks by task, euro prices and a straight answer on whether each of 18 agents works in Ireland, from Muse and Gemini Spark to Lindy and Manus.
Read the article Local businessesYour Google listing is now your AI profile
Where each AI assistant gets its local answers, the ten listing fields that change them, and a 45-minute tune-up.
Read the article Website ownersAI crawler list 2026: which AI bots to allow in robots.txt
The bots that train AI, power AI search or act for a customer, what blocking each one costs, and a robots.txt you can copy.
Read the article Service businessesWhat happens when a customer's AI agent tries to book you
Who can book what and where, the three routes to your diary, what stops an agent, the EU and Irish rules, and what's next.
Read the article EU businessesThe EU AI Act for small businesses: what actually applies
The few rules that touch a small business, the dates after this summer's changes, a six-question check, and what could still change.
Read the article Every businessHow to see what ChatGPT & Gemini say about your business
Ask what your customers ask, test fairly, score every answer, trace wrong facts to their source and fix them, in about an hour a month.
Read the article Dental and clinic practicesAI receptionist for dental & clinics: 10 vendor questions
What a patient's call really contains, where it goes, eight things that can go wrong, and ten questions to answer before a pilot.
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