2026-01-18 Small Business Daily

Silk Logic's Small Business Daily Podcast delivers essential news and practical insights on artificial intelligence and automation for business owners, entrepreneurs, and modern professionals. Each episode breaks down new tools, shares industry trends, and spotlights success stories to help you stay ahead in an AI-powered business world. In this episode, we explore how OpenAI’s new ChatGPT ad model could affect small businesses, highlight rapid growth in Japan’s AI-powered email marketing sector, and showcase practical automation examples from top performers like Marketing1on1 and Dheera Group. Listeners also get expert advice on choosing the best tools for marketing and why the future of artificial intelligence solutions is plug-and-play, not custom-built. Today's podcast episode was created from the following stories: - OpenAI plans to test ads below ChatGPT replies for users of free and Go tiers in the US (FT, 2026-01-17). OpenAI will show clearl