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Field notes from the front line of AI Search and consumer behaviour.

Analysis of how ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, Copilot, Grok, DeepSeek, Meta AI, Google AI Overviews, and AI Mode are rewriting discovery, and what to do about it.

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  • GPT-6Intelligent UI

    GPT‑6 and Intelligent UI: ChatGPT Now Renders the Answer

    OpenAI released GPT‑6 and Intelligent UI in ChatGPT on 7 October 2026, letting answers arrive as interactive interfaces for more than 1.2 billion weekly users. Here is what it changes for organic growth, budget ownership and board reporting.

    8 October 2026
  • AnthropicClaude

    Claude's Workspace Add-On Lands in Docs, Sheets and Slides

    Anthropic has shipped the Claude for Google Workspace add-on and new Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides connectors in Claude. Both are in beta on all paid plans, and both put a rival assistant inside Google's own suite.

    7 October 2026
  • Claude Frontier AcademyAnthropic

    Anthropic Puts $100m Behind Claude Frontier Academy

    Anthropic has committed $100 million to Claude Frontier Academy, a programme to train 10,000 Frontier Deployed Engineers by the end of 2027, with Accenture, Bain, Capgemini, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Deloitte, McKinsey, Morgan Stanley and Novo Nordisk in the first cohorts. Here is what it changes for marketing budgets.

    6 October 2026
  • OpenAI's textGrain Puts Invisible Watermarks in EU ChatGPT Text
    textGrainOpenAI

    OpenAI's textGrain Puts Invisible Watermarks in EU ChatGPT Text

    OpenAI shipped textGrain on 5 October 2026: invisible watermarking for model-generated text, opt-in for API customers globally and on by default for eligible ChatGPT and Codex output in the EU within weeks. Here is what the detection numbers mean for marketing teams.

    5 October 2026
  • AnthropicClaude for Government

    Claude for Government Drops Seat Fees for Prepaid Usage

    Anthropic has moved Claude for Government out of beta into general availability, removing seat fees in favour of prepaid usage against a hard not-to-exceed cap. The pricing model, not the FedRAMP High authorisation, is the part commercial buyers should read.

    5 October 2026
  • Google AnalyticsAsk Advisor

    Google Ask Advisor Promises First Insight in Minutes

    Google Analytics is marketing Ask Advisor on a claim that it cuts raw data to first insight from hours to minutes. The real story for growth leaders is where the bottleneck moves next.

    30 September 2026
  • OpenAIUltrafast

    OpenAI Launches Ultrafast: Speed Is Now Priced Separately

    OpenAI launched Ultrafast on 29 September 2026, a premium speed tier delivering up to 8x faster token generation (300 tokens per second) in Codex and up to 6x in the API. Speed is no longer bundled with the model. Here is what that changes for marketing and growth teams.

    30 September 2026

Primary research · August 2026

How ChatGPT Shortlists Software Brands

An audit across 10 categories and 60 buying questions. I recorded what ChatGPT reads, throws away and links to when a buyer asks it which software to buy, and what that decides.

60
Questions asked
10
Software markets
2,680
Results read
367
Links shown
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