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Chatbots & assistants

16 August 2026·5 min read

AI chatbot for a school: what to cover before you deploy one

"AI chatbot for a school" is a query typed by more and more private school, collège and lycée administrators: an assistant that answers families on admissions, school life and guidance without burying the front office. What to cover before you deploy one — scope, GDPR for minors, what the research shows.

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Chatbots & assistants

16 August 2026·5 min read

WhatsApp AI agents: Meta starts billing by the token — what it costs your SME

Since August 1, 2026, Meta bills every AI-generated reply on WhatsApp Business (its "Business AI" conversations) at $2 per million tokens, after a free test window in July. A second wave hits October 1: service messages and utility templates inside the 24-hour window become chargeable again. If your SME runs a WhatsApp sales or support agent, your monthly bill is about to move — here is what changes and how to budget for it.

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Business & compliance

15 August 2026·5 min read

DGFiP data breach: 285,570 businesses’ tax data exposed — what it means for your SME

On August 13, 2026, France’s Ministry of Economy and Finance confirmed an illegitimate access to the DGFiP’s information system, after a hacker claimed to have extracted 678,438 lines of tax data — 285,570 of them belonging to businesses. What is confirmed so far, and the concrete precautions your SME should take now, whether or not you get an individual notification.

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Business & compliance

14 August 2026·5 min read

OpenAI arms "trusted defenders" with GPT-5.6-Cyber: what it means for your SMB’s cyber defense

On August 10, 2026, OpenAI expanded its Daybreak program and launched GPT-5.6-Cyber, a model purpose-trained for vulnerability research and exploit development, reserved for vetted "trusted partners." According to ANSSI, SMBs and mid-caps already accounted for 48% of French ransomware victims in 2025, up from 37% in 2024. What this shift in offensive AI capability should change in how your SMB defends itself.

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Chatbots & assistants

13 August 2026·5 min read

AI travel agency chatbot: what to build before it personalizes a single itinerary

"AI travel agency chatbot" is a query typed by a growing number of travel agencies and high-end tourism operators: an assistant that drafts a day-by-day itinerary from a traveler’s budget, dates and style, without tying up an advisor on every request. What to build before you deploy one — architecture, product catalog, GDPR.

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Strategy, costs & ROI

12 August 2026·5 min read

ChatGPT Business Premium at $125: what OpenAI’s new tier reveals about the real cost of agentic AI for your SMB

On August 10, 2026, OpenAI launched a Premium tier for ChatGPT Business at $125 per user per month — five times the usage of the $25 Standard tier, with no five-hour cap. This tier split, arriving ahead of OpenAI’s planned IPO, exposes a simple fact: the more your teams use AI agentically, the more a generalist per-seat subscription costs. Here’s what it means for your SMB.

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