Where AI makes mistakes or costs more than it saves, and how to spot those tasks.

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• How to Use AI in Small Business the Right Way
  Hard lines for owners, such as pricing and client messages. The rule: never use what you can't check.
  Ivana Taylor, DIYMarketers · Feb 2026

• Air Canada found liable for chatbot's bad advice on plane tickets
  The classic warning: a company must pay for what its chatbot wrongly promises.
  CBC News · Feb 2024

• AI for Small Business in 2026: A Practical Roadmap ("The Honest Risks")
  Where automation backfires: relationship businesses, review time, generic voice, free-tier privacy.
  Too Many Hats · Apr 2026

• Fable 5.2 and Jagged AGI
  Even top AI is uneven and bad at judging its own work, so keep a person steering.
  Ethan Mollick, One Useful Thing · Nov 2026

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