Issue 014 · Thursday, 29 October 2026NewsletterRSS

Vinci Notebook.

Short, sharp notes on AI, software, design and digital marketing — what happened, and why it matters for your business.

The stream

Sunday 18 October

  1. SEO

    Google puts links up front in AI Mode: what changes for SEO and GEO?

    More inline links, and an official-site section is being tested.

  2. News

    Advertising Board rules on 161 files: new ad rules in force

    Influencer labels, discount pricing and AI disclosure have been in the regulation since 1 August.

  3. AI

    Reflection Beam: a 501B open model under Apache 2.0

    According to the Hugging Face announcement, Reflection released its first model under Apache 2.0.

Thursday 15 October

  1. AI

    TÜİK: AI usage in Turkey nearly doubled in a single year

    Individual use rose from 19.2% to 37.6%; enterprise adoption reached 14%.

Wednesday 7 October

  1. AI

    Meta ad accounts can now connect to Claude and ChatGPT

    Meta Ads AI Connectors comes with read and write access, so changes are worth checking before approval.

  2. AI

    Claude Code adds Mods: plugins can now change the interface

    Anthropic's 2.1.287 release lets plugins run code inside Claude Code itself.

Sunday 4 October

  1. AI

    OpenAI dots: always-on agents are here

    AI agents with their own computer that work in the background on your behalf are rolling out gradually.

Wednesday 30 September

  1. AI

    Claude 5.5: cost fell, in two different ways

    Opus got a list-price cut; Sonnet's price did not move at all. The difference affects your budget.

Tuesday 29 September

  1. Digital Marketing

    Search Console now shows image-led searches separately

    Traffic from Lens, Circle to Search and image uploads gets its own filter.

  2. SEO

    Google's September 2026 spam update: what to check on your site

    The rollout runs for up to two weeks. Three things small business sites should review.

  3. News

    The Vinci Notebook is open: why we keep notes

    Short, clear, sourced notes on AI, software and digital marketing.