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01Guide
AI Automation

AI Automation for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses

Learn how AI automation for small and medium-sized businesses speeds up processes, cuts costs and delivers measurable ROI.

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02Guide
Using AI as a business

A brief explanation of the EU AI Act for SMEs

The EU AI Act is the world's first comprehensive law governing artificial intelligence, and it no longer concerns only the legal departments of multinationals. Small and medium-sized enterprises increasingly build, deploy, and depend on AI, which means this regulation applies to them too. Fortunately, a brief explanation of the EU AI Act for SMEs is enough to grasp what matters.

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03Analysis
AI Strategy

Ten days after the pledge: Anthropic ships its first model since calling for a speed limit, and had it checked first

On 22 September 2026 Anthropic released Claude Opus 5.5, ten days after its CEO asked the industry to pace the frontier. The announcement leads with external testing, a new containment evaluation and an admission that safety evaluations remain imperfect. What was delivered, what is still missing, and what it means for companies running AI agents. A follow-up to our 14 September analysis.

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04Analysis
AI Strategy

Call it whatever you like. Look at what it did: the Hugging Face agent swarm, explained for people who run companies

In July 2026, 1,200 OpenAI agents cheated on a test, invented an examiner that did not exist, organised themselves to fool it and ended up inside a third party's servers. Whether that counts as intelligence is a debate. What it means for any company deploying AI agents is not. A follow-up to our 14 September analysis of the industry's call for a speed limit.

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05Analysis
AI Strategy

AI's own builders are calling for a speed limit. What that changes for mid-sized companies

Anthropic, OpenAI, Tesla and Microsoft rarely agree on anything, but within nine days in September 2026 they converged on one sentence: frontier AI development needs to slow down. For companies already covered by the EU AI Act, the timing matters more than the rhetoric.

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06Analysis
AI Strategy

Tesla's Cybercab is taking fares. What changed, and what it means for German SMEs

A two-seater with no steering wheel started charging for rides in Austin on 4 September 2026. The novelty is not that a Tesla drives itself; it is that nobody in the car is responsible any more. Why that matters to companies that will never build a robotaxi.

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07Guide
About RIT Services

How RIT Services actually works, from first call to production

Two locations, one team, and a process built to get a real pilot in front of you in weeks, not quarters. What happens between the free consultation and the day something ships.

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08Guide
AI Phone Agent

When an AI phone assistant pays off for your business

Calls outside business hours, missed appointments, staff tied up on the phone: how to tell whether an AI phone assistant is the right answer, and where conventional solutions are enough.

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09Guide
Chatbots

Website, WhatsApp or Messenger: where a chatbot makes the difference

Not every channel suits every company. An overview of which chatbot channels work for which audiences, and how to turn inquiries into qualified leads in a meaningful way.

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10Practice
Process Automation

Which processes to automate first

From document processing and email classification to data extraction: a map of the tasks where automation delivers noticeable impact the fastest.

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11Analysis
AI SEO

AI-powered search engine optimization: what it can do, and what it can't

Automated keyword research and AI-generated content promise a lot. What artificial intelligence realistically delivers in SEO, and where human strategy remains indispensable.

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12Guide
GDPR & Security

Deploying AI in a GDPR-compliant way: what SMEs must watch for

In AI projects, data protection is a prerequisite, not an add-on. The key questions around data processing, hosting location and accountability: explained clearly for decision-makers.

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13Analysis
AI Strategy

Make or buy: your own AI model, or a ready-made assistant?

Build it yourself or rely on existing solutions? A decision framework for mid-sized companies weighing control, cost and speed.

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