A Plain-English Guide to the AI Tools Everyone Keeps Mentioning

What Perplexity, Otter, Obsidian, ChatGPT, Manus and the rest actually do, grouped by the job they do rather than by the hype. A plain-English guide for busy owners and leaders. Published 4 September 2026. Slug: plain-english-guide-ai-tools.

Written by Jamie Dixon, Founder of VAYRO for VAYRO, the UK AI Management company helping leaders succeed in the Age of AI. Filed under AI Tools in the Productivity & Technology pillar. Read more in The VAYRO Journal.

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