<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>SMB-AI, Blog</title><description>SMB-AI helps Irish small/medium businesses set up practical AI tools for admin, customer support, documents, and daily operations. No hype, just useful systems.</description><link>https://smb-ai.ie/</link><item><title>Claude Fable 5 Is Back in Europe. The Bigger Question Is Reliability</title><link>https://smb-ai.ie/blog/claude-fable-5-back-in-eu-irish-smes/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://smb-ai.ie/blog/claude-fable-5-back-in-eu-irish-smes/</guid><description>Claude Fable 5 is available again in Europe, but the useful business lesson is not model hype. It is how quickly access, policy and safeguards can affect real AI workflows.</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><author>SMB-AI Team</author></item><item><title>Irish SMEs Should Fix Workflow Leaks Before Buying More AI Tools</title><link>https://smb-ai.ie/blog/irish-smes-start-with-workflow-leaks-before-ai-tools/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://smb-ai.ie/blog/irish-smes-start-with-workflow-leaks-before-ai-tools/</guid><description>A practical guide for Irish SME and SMB owners on using AI where it actually helps: enquiries, documents, follow-up, internal knowledge, and workflow bottlenecks.</description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><author>SMB-AI Team</author></item><item><title>A Managed AI Workspace for Irish SMBs: Useful AI Without the Server Headache</title><link>https://smb-ai.ie/blog/managed-ai-workspace-irish-smbs/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://smb-ai.ie/blog/managed-ai-workspace-irish-smbs/</guid><description>SMB-AI now offers a managed AI workspace for Irish SMBs: a private assistant in Slack, Teams, Telegram, or email that can answer from approved company docs, monitor useful sources, and draft repeat admin work.</description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><author>SMB-AI Team</author></item><item><title>Claude Just Got Better at Business Workflows. Here&apos;s What Irish SMEs Should Automate First</title><link>https://smb-ai.ie/blog/claude-business-workflows-irish-smes/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://smb-ai.ie/blog/claude-business-workflows-irish-smes/</guid><description>Claude&apos;s latest releases show where AI is heading for Irish SMEs: practical business workflows, connected tools, and human approval before anything important happens.</description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><author>SMB-AI Team</author></item><item><title>AI Automation for Irish Marketing Agencies: 7 Workflows That Free Up Time</title><link>https://smb-ai.ie/blog/ai-automation-for-irish-marketing-agencies/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://smb-ai.ie/blog/ai-automation-for-irish-marketing-agencies/</guid><description>Practical AI automation workflows for Irish marketing agencies, from client intake and reporting to content drafts, follow-ups, and approval processes.</description><pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><author>SMB-AI Team</author></item><item><title>AI for Irish SME Manufacturers: Start With the Boring Work</title><link>https://smb-ai.ie/blog/ai-for-irish-manufacturers-start-with-the-boring-work/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://smb-ai.ie/blog/ai-for-irish-manufacturers-start-with-the-boring-work/</guid><description>A practical guide for Irish SME and SMB manufacturers on where AI actually helps: quality checks, maintenance, production paperwork, quoting, and operations.</description><pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><author>SMB-AI Team</author></item><item><title>The AI Jargon You Actually Hear - and What It Actually Means</title><link>https://smb-ai.ie/blog/ai-jargon-plain-english/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://smb-ai.ie/blog/ai-jargon-plain-english/</guid><description>A plain-English guide to the AI terms that actually matter for Irish small businesses - LLMs, GPT, RAG, agents, and more, explained without the hype.</description><pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><author>SMB-AI Team</author></item><item><title>Two AI Agents, One Right Fit: What We Learned Running Hermes Agent and OpenClaw</title><link>https://smb-ai.ie/blog/hermes-agent-vs-openclaw/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://smb-ai.ie/blog/hermes-agent-vs-openclaw/</guid><description>A plain-English comparison of Hermes Agent and OpenClaw - and what we learned running both for real client work.</description><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><author>SMB-AI Team</author></item><item><title>NotebookLM changed what &apos;AI notebook&apos; means</title><link>https://smb-ai.ie/blog/notebooklm-changed-what-ai-notebook-means/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://smb-ai.ie/blog/notebooklm-changed-what-ai-notebook-means/</guid><description>Google&apos;s NotebookLM only answers from sources you give it. 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