<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Logic8 Insights</title><description>What we have learnt automating Australian small businesses, written plainly for owners and operators.</description><link>https://logic8.com.au/</link><language>en-au</language><item><title>AI models change every few weeks. Are you still paying for the right one?</title><link>https://logic8.com.au/blog/posts/ai-models-change-every-few-weeks-right-model/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://logic8.com.au/blog/posts/ai-models-change-every-few-weeks-right-model/</guid><description>New models, price cuts and retirements now land every month. Here is why the right model for a job keeps changing, and how staying across it keeps your AI bill down.</description><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>ai</category><author>Sam</author></item><item><title>The AI is new. The foundations aren’t.</title><link>https://logic8.com.au/blog/posts/the-ai-is-new-the-foundations-arent/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://logic8.com.au/blog/posts/the-ai-is-new-the-foundations-arent/</guid><description>AI projects fail at twice the rate of ordinary IT projects, and rarely because of the AI. Here is how more than twenty years in IT shapes the way we build it.</description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>ai</category><author>Sam</author></item><item><title>You look after your business. We’ll keep up with the AI.</title><link>https://logic8.com.au/blog/posts/you-look-after-your-business-well-keep-up-with-the-ai/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://logic8.com.au/blog/posts/you-look-after-your-business-well-keep-up-with-the-ai/</guid><description>Running a business is already a full time job. Here is how we take the AI homework off your plate, starting with a chat about your business and not the tech.</description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>ai</category><author>Sam</author></item><item><title>Agentic AI in 2026. Where Australian business really stands.</title><link>https://logic8.com.au/blog/posts/agentic-ai-workflows-australian-business/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://logic8.com.au/blog/posts/agentic-ai-workflows-australian-business/</guid><description>Agentic AI stopped being a demo this year and started doing real work. Here is what an agent actually is, and where Australian businesses really stand.</description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>ai</category><author>Sam</author></item><item><title>Why a workshop beats a YouTube tutorial for learning AI.</title><link>https://logic8.com.au/blog/posts/why-ai-workshops-beat-youtube-tutorials/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://logic8.com.au/blog/posts/why-ai-workshops-beat-youtube-tutorials/</guid><description>A video can show you what a good result looks like. It cannot tell you why yours did not work. That gap is the whole case for learning AI in a room.</description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>notes</category><author>Sam</author></item><item><title>How to choose an AI automation agency in Melbourne.</title><link>https://logic8.com.au/blog/posts/ai-automation-agency-melbourne-buyers-guide/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://logic8.com.au/blog/posts/ai-automation-agency-melbourne-buyers-guide/</guid><description>The questions to ask before you sign, the red flags worth walking away from, and what automation work should actually cost in Melbourne in 2026.</description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>automation</category><author>Sam</author></item><item><title>Claude Fable 5, GPT-5.6 and GLM-5.2 compared on price and value.</title><link>https://logic8.com.au/blog/posts/claude-fable-5-vs-gpt-5-6-vs-glm-5-2-comparison/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://logic8.com.au/blog/posts/claude-fable-5-vs-gpt-5-6-vs-glm-5-2-comparison/</guid><description>Three frontier models launched within four weeks of each other. Here is what each one costs, what the benchmarks say, and the catch every vendor left off the tin.</description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>ai</category><author>Sam</author></item><item><title>What a good AI and automation agency actually does.</title><link>https://logic8.com.au/blog/posts/what-a-good-ai-automation-agency-actually-does/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://logic8.com.au/blog/posts/what-a-good-ai-automation-agency-actually-does/</guid><description>Most AI projects never pay for themselves. Here are the three disciplines that separate an agency worth hiring from one that leaves you a dashboard nobody opens.</description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>automation</category><author>Sam</author></item><item><title>Claude Fable 5 is back. What it actually costs to run.</title><link>https://logic8.com.au/blog/posts/claude-fable-5-pricing-guide/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://logic8.com.au/blog/posts/claude-fable-5-pricing-guide/</guid><description>Fable 5 was pulled for three weeks and is now back. Here is why, and what it really costs to run at volume once caching and effort settings are in play.</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>ai</category><author>Sam</author></item><item><title>How AI workflow automation saves Australian small businesses ten hours a week.</title><link>https://logic8.com.au/blog/posts/how-ai-workflow-automation-saves-aussie-smbs-10-hours-week/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://logic8.com.au/blog/posts/how-ai-workflow-automation-saves-aussie-smbs-10-hours-week/</guid><description>Ten hours a week is the average we measure after a business puts its first three automations live. Here is where those hours actually come from.</description><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>automation</category><author>Sam</author></item><item><title>The real cost of putting AI into a small business.</title><link>https://logic8.com.au/blog/posts/real-cost-of-ai-implementation-smbs/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://logic8.com.au/blog/posts/real-cost-of-ai-implementation-smbs/</guid><description>A popular pitch promises $2,000 a month from day one. Here is what a 10-person service business actually pays when the work is done properly.</description><pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>ai</category><author>Mithun</author></item><item><title>What an AI consultant in Melbourne actually does all day.</title><link>https://logic8.com.au/blog/posts/ai-consulting-melbourne-what-consultant-does/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://logic8.com.au/blog/posts/ai-consulting-melbourne-what-consultant-does/</guid><description>Strip away the slide decks and an AI consultant does three things. Here is the honest version, including when you do not need one yet.</description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>ai</category><author>Sam</author></item><item><title>Seven AI tools for Australian small businesses worth using right now.</title><link>https://logic8.com.au/blog/posts/ai-tools-for-small-business-australia/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://logic8.com.au/blog/posts/ai-tools-for-small-business-australia/</guid><description>Seven tools we see Australian owners getting real value from every week, with what each one costs and where it earns its keep first.</description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>ai</category><author>Sam</author></item><item><title>AI agents are no longer hype. What GTC 2026 means for your business.</title><link>https://logic8.com.au/blog/posts/ai-agents-gtc-2026/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://logic8.com.au/blog/posts/ai-agents-gtc-2026/</guid><description>Nvidia has rebuilt its product strategy around AI agents. Here is what that actually changes for an Australian business, and what to do about it now.</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>ai</category><author>Sam</author></item><item><title>Claude Code on the desktop, and why it’s the friendliest coding tool we’ve used.</title><link>https://logic8.com.au/blog/posts/claude-code-desktop-user-friendly/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://logic8.com.au/blog/posts/claude-code-desktop-user-friendly/</guid><description>Anthropic has rebuilt the Claude Code desktop app. Here is what changed, what still grates, and why the Routines feature is the part worth watching.</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>notes</category><author>Sam</author></item><item><title>From underdog to number one. How Claude overtook ChatGPT.</title><link>https://logic8.com.au/blog/posts/the-rise-of-claude/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://logic8.com.au/blog/posts/the-rise-of-claude/</guid><description>Claude went to number one on the US App Store in a matter of weeks. The interesting part is why, and what it says about how businesses now pick an AI vendor.</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>ai</category><author>Sam</author></item></channel></rss>