AI Tool Guru Newsletter: May 2026 Edition

The latest AI tool launches, pricing changes, and UK-specific updates for small business owners.

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What’s New This Month

GPT-4o Multimodal Updates OpenAI has expanded GPT-4o’s image understanding capabilities. For UK businesses, this means better analysis of charts, documents, and visual content. The free tier now includes more GPT-4o conversations per day.

Claude 3.5 Sonnet Improvements Anthropic released an updated Claude 3.5 Sonnet with improved coding capabilities. The 200K context window remains the standout feature for long document analysis.

UK AI Regulation Updates The UK government’s AI White Paper consultation continues. No new regulations yet, but the guidance on AI use in regulated industries (healthcare, finance) is becoming clearer. We’ll keep tracking this.

Pricing Changes

ToolOld PriceNew PriceChange
ChatGPT Plus£16£16No change
Jasper Creator£39£45+15%
Semrush Pro£99£108+9%
Copy.ai Pro£30£36+20%

Jasper and Copy.ai price increases reflect their investment in new features. Semrush raised prices for the first time in 2 years.

Tool of the Month: Notion AI

Notion AI has quietly become one of the most useful AI tools for UK small businesses. The ability to summarize meeting notes, generate project briefs, and search across your entire workspace with AI is genuinely time-saving.

Price: ~£8/user/month (requires Notion Plus at £8/user/month)

Best for: Teams already using Notion for project management and documentation.

Coming Next Month

  • Deep dive: AI tools for UK accountants and bookkeepers
  • Comparison: ChatGPT vs Claude vs Gemini for business use
  • Review: New AI-powered CRM options for 2026

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