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OpenAI, Stripe, Etsy and Shopify partner to launch instant checkouts and Agentic Commerce Protocol

OpenAI Agentic Commerce Launch: Instant Checkout Explained (2025)

Malcolm September 29, 2025 Agentic Commerce AI Agents AI For Retailers ChatGPT

TL;DR Summary Chat→Checkout: ChatGPT adds Instant Checkout (Etsy now; Shopify soon). Merchants stay merchant-of-record; OpenAI open-sources the Agentic Commerce Protocol (ACP). ACP + feed upgrades: Stripe-backed, platform-agnostic standard; new feed fields to help product visibility (enable_search/checkout, real inventory, performance/reviews, variants/relations, geo, video/3D) with 15-min refresh. Why it matters: Discovery→purchase happens in chat; rankings prefer semantic […]

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Practical AI to help boost your business ROI

AI Automation: A Practical Guide to Boosting Business ROI

Malcolm September 18, 2025 Business Automation AI Automation AI For Business Webinar

TL;DR The landscape of work is fundamentally shifting, with AI now becoming a critical part of a company’s infrastructure. Many businesses, however, are struggling to adopt generative AI solutions, with a recent survey showing that 71% of UK businesses face challenges implementing or adopting AI solutions in their business. [Hays Annual 2025 Salary Survey]. The […]

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gpt-oss 20B and gpt-oss 120B new open weight models

OpenAI Releases GPT-OSS 20B and 120B: A New Era for Open-Weight Reasoning Models

Malcolm August 6, 2025 Business Automation AI For Business ChatGPT LLMs Local LLMs

Local LLMs Are About To Get An Upgrade OpenAI has just released its first open-weight, commercially licensed set of local LLM models since GPT-2 which has the potential to change everything for local LLM deployment. Previously, OpenAI’s models have been closed in its interface (or API) meaning that to use the most powerful models for […]

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Choosing an AI automation Agency in the UK in 2025 - A buyers guide

How To Choose An AI Automation Agency: The UK Business Guide 2025

Malcolm July 15, 2025 AI Automation Agency AI Automation AI For Business flowio Guides

[Updated October 2025] TL;DR Summary Almost all companies in 2025 are investing in AI, but just 1% believe they are at maturity. This stark reality from McKinsey’s 2025 workplace report reveals a disparate gap between AI investment and actual business transformation. While 78% of organisations are using AI in at least one business function, the […]

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Local LLM vs cloud-based LLM? Which is right for your business?

Local LLMs vs Cloud-Based AI: The Complete Business Guide to Choosing Your AI Automation Strategy

Malcolm July 11, 2025 Business Automation AI For Business LLMs

The artificial intelligence revolution is transforming how businesses operate, but choosing the right AI deployment strategy can feel overwhelming. Should you run large language models (LLMs) locally on your own servers using tools like LM Studio or Ollama, or rely on cloud-based solutions like ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini? This decision impacts everything from your data […]

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Five key UK business sectors that can benefit from AI automation and AI-powered systems

Five UK Industries That Can Benefit From AI Automation in 2025

Malcolm July 10, 2025 Business Automation AI Automation AI For Business

The UK business landscape is rapidly evolving, with artificial intelligence and automation technologies becoming essential tools for competitive advantage. Small to medium-sized businesses across various sectors in the UK are only at the beginning of their journey in discovering how AI-Powered solutions can help streamline their operations, enhance customer experience and drive significant ROI in […]

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Top 7 Workflows Agencies can automate using AI solutions.

Top 7 Workflow Bottlenecks Stopping Agencies Scaling in 2025 (and How AI Solves Them)

Malcolm July 2, 2025 AI Solutions AI Automation AI For Agencies

The numbers don’t lie. Ad agencies are grappling with slow growth and challenges integrating AI into their processes. Barclays analysts recently downgraded the stock of several major ad agencies – saying that fears of slow growth over billing models as client bypass agencies over accessible AI tooling. “AI automating many aspects of the advertising value […]

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