Who this is for

  • Finance brokers
  • Legal firms
  • Accounting firms
  • Consultants
  • Trades
  • Clinics

Clear takeaways

  • AI is moving from a fixed monthly fee to metered use. Whoever sets the spending limit controls the bill.
  • The most copyable AI win right now is not clever writing. It is sorting incoming work and spotting missing information before a human touches it.
  • A launch is not availability. Check who can actually use a new model before you plan around it.

Do this now

  1. Ask whoever handles your Microsoft 365 (your IT provider or reseller) whether you plan to buy any new Copilot Business licences after 1 December.
  2. If you do, ask them to set a per-user spending limit that fits your budget instead of leaving the 4,000-credit default.
  3. In the Microsoft 365 admin centre, go to Copilot, then Cost management, and switch on spending alerts so you hear before the bill grows.
  4. Count last week's enquiries by type and note how many arrived missing information you then had to ask for. That number is your case for automating triage.
  5. No action needed on Gemini 4 Argon. Look again when Google gives a date.

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