Authority Hacker Podcast – AI & Automation for Small biz & Marketers

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ChatGPT's Dots Finally Feels Like a Virtual Employee

2026-10-0855:22

Send us Fan Mail We've spent a week handing more of our work to ChatGPT Dots, and we're using them far more than we expected. We can give a Dot a broad request and have it start Codex jobs, steer the work and follow up. In this episode, we share what's happening inside our business, from preparing payroll to collaborating with our bots in Slack. In this episode we break down: → Why Dots feels more like an assistant you can delegate to → Preparing payroll, remembering follow-ups and working w...

OpenAI DevDay: New AI Tools, Subscription Changes and What They Mean for Your Business

2026-09-3057:11

Send us Fan Mail We’ve been trying OpenAI’s latest updates, and there’s more to this DevDay than the new features. Alongside 21 new releases, the company is changing what you get for your subscription. We look at the trade-offs, including why a cheaper model can mean more actual usage even when the old plan loses value. In this episode we break down: → What OpenAI’s new Dots assistant promises, and why we haven’t been able to try it yet → Spaces, business apps inside ChatGPT, and the risk of...

Opus 5.5: Claude Just Hit Back at ChatGPT

2026-09-2445:08

Send us Fan Mail Last week we were asking whether you should move from Claude to ChatGPT. This week Anthropic hit back with Opus 5.5, and Gael ran it for two and a half hours of intensive use on the $20 plan while using just 8% of his weekly limit. But the lead is going to flip again. So instead of telling you to switch, we talk about how to run your business when the best AI model changes every few weeks. In this episode we break down: → Why Opus 5.5 beats Anthropic's own top model on most...

ChatGPT Astra Is the AI Employee I Was Waiting For

2026-09-1159:27

Send us Fan Mail I've switched from Claude Code to Codex. After a week using OpenAI's Astra model in our business, it's become the tool I reach for first. This week, it rebuilt one of our sales pages inside an awkward drag-and-drop editor with just one round of feedback. But Gael and I haven't had exactly the same experience. In this episode we break down: → Why I switched to Codex for everyday business work → What happened when we put Astra to work on sales pages and 3D design → Where comp...

ChatGPT Astra vs Claude Fable 5.1: Which AI Should You Actually Pay For?

2026-09-0456:42

Send us Fan Mail OpenAI finally released Astra last night, sort of. They announced it, then told almost everyone they can't have it until the weekend. Some people did get early access though, and what they've done with it is worth a look. One handed it a floor plan and got back a photoreal interior render. Another had it prep an entire video edit in Final Cut in three and a half minutes. So we lined it up against Claude Fable 5.1, which also shipped this week, on the things that actually mat...

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Authority Hacker Podcast – AI & Automation for Small biz & Marketers