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Forbes

The Age Of Affordable AI For SMBs Is About To End

(This column originally appeared in Forbes) Over the past few weeks there have been a number of news reports about the escalating costs of AI implementations, particularly for…

Gene MarksSeptember 17, 2026

Forbes

Business Tech Roundup: Will AI Kill Us In The Next Few Years?

(This column originally appeared in Forbes) Let’s Recap: A former Anthropic researcher says AI could kill us; Meta rolls out a personal AI agent; ChatGPT can…

Gene MarksSeptember 13, 2026

USA Today

Data center backlash isn’t about water. It’s about billionaires.

(This column originally appeared in USA Today) This data center debate has a familiar ring to it, does it not? We can debate whether a data center…

Gene MarksSeptember 9, 2026

Forbes

Small Business Tech News: Intuit Adds Perplexity And Younger Workers Are More Scared Of AI

(This column originally appeared in Forbes) Let’s Recap: Intuit integrates QuickBooks and Mailchimp with Perplexity John Deere’s new AI assistant “helps put farmers to work” More…

Gene MarksSeptember 6, 2026

Forbes

Google’s Mike Clark: What Small Businesses Need To Know About AI Agents

(This column originally appeared in Forbes) This past week, and in light of media reports on how larger corporations are pushing back on the higher-than-expected expenses for their…

Gene MarksSeptember 1, 2026

Guardian

Big business has shown small firms what to do — and what not to do — with AI

(This column originally appeared in The Guardian) One thing I’ve learned about corporate America is that what it succeeds at ultimately trickles down to benefit small…

Gene MarksAugust 30, 2026

Forbes

Xero Adds AI, Google Targets Law Firms And Claude Beats ChatGPT: 5 Small Business Tech Stories

(This column originally appeared in Forbes) Let’s Recap: Cloud accounting platform Xero rolls out new AI features for businesses and accountants; Google’s Gemini has more capabilities…

Gene MarksAugust 30, 2026

Guardian

Is there a pending AI ‘debt bomb’ crisis? No. This isn’t Enron 2.0

(This column originally appeared in The Guardian) Some experts are warning of a looming “debt bomb” crisis because big datacenter builders such as Meta, Oracle, xAI and CoreWeave are not only raising billions to…

Gene MarksAugust 25, 2026

Forbes

The Next Job AI Kills Will Be Voicemail

(This column originally appeared in Forbes) People still use the phone. They still make calls. And I’m not talking about ordering takeout. Business people call and…

Gene MarksAugust 21, 2026

Forbes

Tech News This Week: Microsoft May Be “Significantly Increasing” Windows 11 Pricing, YouTube Doubles Creators’ Earnings Requirements

(This column originally appeared in Forbes) Let’s Recap: Microsoft’s Windows 11 price may increase “significantly”; YouTube doubles its creator earnings requirements; Grok enters the agentic AI…

Gene MarksAugust 16, 2026

ONLINE AND IN PRINTA past columnist for both The New York Times and The Washington Post, Gene now writes regularly for Forbes.