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AI VisibilityGEOEntitiesSMEResearch

Why AI Does Not Mention Your Company at All

Not appearing in AI answers is a different problem from being described wrongly. A study across 38 models shows there is a measurable threshold below which a company does not exist for the model, and that larger models change almost nothing about it. What works instead.

Michael Kaiser 23.8.2026 10 min
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Ox AlphaStealth ModelOpenRouter

Ox Alpha: What the Stealth Model Does and Who Is Behind It

Since 20 August, OpenRouter has been serving a model with no sender: one million tokens of context, free, ahead of GPT-5.6 and Claude in the first coding tests. What Ox Alpha can really do, why the headline scores rest on ten tasks, who is likely behind it, and why deployment in a company runs aground on the GDPR.

22.8.2026 12 min
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EU AI ActComplianceAI Literacy

The AI Literacy Duty: What Article 4 Requires and What Does Not Threaten

Since 2 August, market surveillance authorities have been monitoring the EU AI Act, with the Bundesnetzagentur responsible in Germany. One obligation has applied for a year and a half already: AI literacy in the company. What it requires, why the circulating fine figures are wrong, and how to document compliance in half a day.

21.8.2026 12 min
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GEOAI VisibilityPositioning

Why AI Describes Your Company Vaguely - and What Helps

The description is not wrong, yet it fits every second company in the industry. Why that comes down to attribution and omission rather than invention, and how to build a self-description that survives compression.

16.8.2026 11 min
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GEOAI VisibilitySources

Sources Behind AI Answers: Where Mid-Sized Companies Can Actually Get In

AI systems answer predominantly from other people's sources. Why the common advice to get a Wikipedia entry leads nowhere for most companies, why the Reddit figures are overstated, and which sequence actually works.

14.8.2026 11 min
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Tax FirmsComplianceConfidentiality

AI in the Tax Firm: What § 203 StGB Permits and What It Does Not

The dividing line runs not between permitted and forbidden tools but between use with and without client data. What § 203 StGB and § 62a StBerG require, who is liable in a breach, and which tasks can be automated with legal certainty.

11.8.2026 12 min
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GEOAI VisibilityMonitoring

Measuring AI Visibility: Figures Instead of Gut Feeling

The board wants figures before releasing budget. Why a single ChatGPT query says nothing, how many repetitions a defensible mention rate needs, and which free measurement channel no monitoring tool shows you.

10.8.2026 16 min
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GEOAI VisibilityReputation

False Claims About Your Company in ChatGPT: What You Can Do

A prospect asks ChatGPT about your prices and gets a figure that never existed. Why there is no direct correction route, what actually works, how long it takes, and when legal claims apply.

9.8.2026 10 min
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TradesAI Phone AssistantVoice Agent

AI Phone Assistant for Trades: Reachable Without Office Staff

Nobody can answer the phone on site, and office staff cannot be recruited. Why the circulating figures on missed calls are unsourced, how to measure your own rate in two weeks, and what an AI phone assistant can and cannot take over in the trades.

8.8.2026 10 min
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AI AgentsKnowledge BaseHallucinations

How Does an AI Agent Know What It May Answer?

A language model knows nothing about your company, it only phrases plausibly. How a connected knowledge base changes that, how high hallucination rates really are, and the four rules that prevent false statements.

5.8.2026 11 min
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EU AI ActComplianceDisclosure Duty

AI Disclosure Duty: What Has Applied Since 2 August 2026

Since 2 August 2026, Article 50 of the EU AI Act applies: chatbots, voice bots and AI assistants must identify themselves. What that requires in practice, which deadline applies to existing systems, and why the Omnibus postponement does not cover it.

4.8.2026 11 min
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AI AgencySelectionChecklist

Hiring an AI Agency: 12 Questions for the First Meeting

Hiring an AI agency: 12 questions to ask in the first meeting - on integration, data protection, cost and operation. With warning signs and a checklist.

2.8.2026 7 min
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