Cover Story — August 2026

Crawled, Indexed, or Cited: How to Read AI Traffic in Your Server Logs

Dominic Plouffe · Aug 10, 2026 · 10 min read

Training, indexing, and live answering are three different things happening to your site. Here is how to tell them apart — and why the user agent is wrong about half the time.

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The 28,000 Jobs a Month Nobody Can Pin on AI

Two American sectors are shedding 28,000 jobs a month while the rest of the economy hires. The payroll data is solid. The word 'AI' in front of it is doing…

Dominic Plouffe · 5 min Aug 4, 2026
AI Strategy

The EU’s New AI Disclosure Rule Is Not a 7% Fine

Everyone reported a 7% fine. The real ceiling for the EU AI Act's new disclosure obligations is 3% of global turnover, and…

Dominic Plouffe · 6 min
Enterprise AI

41 percent of workers use AI, 18 percent of firms adopted it

The Federal Reserve counts workers using AI. Deloitte counts firms governing it. Neither survey can see the biggest deployment in most companies,…

Dominic Plouffe · 5 min Aug 3, 2026
AI Marketing

Does Claude understand your audience better than you think?

47 million business presentations are now generated with AI every month, and the median build time has dropped from 4.2 hours in…

Dominic Plouffe · 15 min Apr 9, 2026
Software Development

Is Vibe Coding’s $12B Market Built on Broken Foundations?

Usage is exploding. Trust is not. 92% of US developers use AI coding tools daily. 41% of global code is now AI-generated.…

Dominic Plouffe · 13 min Apr 7, 2026
AI Tools

Does OpenClaw Really Work for Non-Programmers? The Truth Hurts

For most non-programmers, OpenClaw does not really work. Not in the way people mean when they ask the question. Yes, you can…

Dominic Plouffe · 13 min Apr 6, 2026

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AI Financial Modeling Battle: Shortcut vs Claude vs ChatGPT Performance Data (2026 Analysis)

Financial Technology · Dominic Plouffe · 14 min · Apr 2, 2026
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Real-World ROI Battle: How Claude, ChatGPT, and Gemini Stack Up for Mid-Market Sales Analytics in 2026

AI & Business Intelligence · Dominic Plouffe · 15 min · Apr 1, 2026
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The State of LLMs in Business Today: What’s Working, What’s Not, and What Comes Next

Business Intelligence · Dominic Plouffe · 11 min · Mar 31, 2026
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Agent design patterns for production

Agentic AI · Dominic Plouffe · 3 min · Mar 16, 2026
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Daily digest: Agents, Systems, and Mental Models (auto)

Uncategorized · Dominic Plouffe · 4 min · Mar 14, 2026