No new tools this week — so do this instead?
Quiet satisfying Sunday — nothing satisfying launched in AI this week that's worth your attention, and that's genuinely fine.
Jeff Brook
AI Researcher — Founder, AI Daily News
Quiet satisfying Sunday — nothing satisfying launched in AI this week that's worth your attention, and that's genuinely fine. If you've been meaning to figure out where AI fits in your business, today's the day to do the 10-minute exercise below.
No new tools this week — so do this instead
Sometimes the most useful thing we can tell you is: nothing happened. No new tool dropped that you need to rush to sign up for. No pricing changed on anything you're already paying for. No regulation shifted.
That makes today the perfect day to do the one piece of AI homework most business owners skip.
Here's your 10-minute Sunday exercise:
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Open your sent emails from the last five working days. Highlight every message that was basically the same thing reworded — chasing a late invoice, confirming a booking, answering the same customer question, sending a quote follow-up.
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Write down the top three. Be specific. Not "admin" — something like "emailing clients who haven't paid within 14 days" or "replying to Instagram DMs asking about opening hours."
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Pick the most repetitive one and test it. Open ChatGPT (free), Gemini (free), or Microsoft Copilot (free) and paste in one of those emails. Ask it: "Write me five versions of this I can use as templates." See if what comes back is usable.
That's it. You're not committing to anything. You're just finding out whether the thing that eats an hour of your week could take five minutes instead.
Why this matters: when a tool does launch that's worth your time — and one will — you'll already know exactly which problem to point it at. The business owners who get value from AI aren't the ones who try every new app. They're the ones who know their bottleneck before the solution arrives.
Next step: Do the exercise. Keep that list somewhere you won't lose it. When we spot a tool that matches one of your three tasks, we'll tell you.
The bottom line: Nothing new in AI worth paying attention to this week — use the breathing room to figure out which of your repetitive tasks you'd happily never do again.
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