Posts by Mike Knight
Adobe Agrees $150 Million Settlement Over Subscription Practices
Adobe has agreed to a $150 million settlement with US regulators over allegations that it hid key subscription terms and made cancellations unnecessarily difficult, bringing renewed attention to how subscription-based services are designed and enforced. What The Case Was About The case, brought by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Trade Commission…
Read MoreAdjust Your Spam Filter Settings To Avoid Missing Important Emails
Spam filters can sometimes misclassify legitimate emails, so regularly reviewing your junk folder and adjusting settings is a simple way to avoid missing important enquiries, invoices or client messages. Why This Matters Email filtering has become more aggressive in recent years as providers try to block phishing, spam and malicious attachments. While this improves security,…
Read MoreTesla Wins Licence To Supply Electricity In Britain
Tesla has been granted a licence to supply electricity directly to homes and businesses in Britain, marking a significant step in the company’s effort to expand from electric vehicles into a full energy provider. Tesla Receives Approval To Supply Electricity Tesla subsidiary Tesla Energy Ventures has reportedly (according to reports by The Wall Street Journal)…
Read MoreWhy Some People Can Spot AI Images More Easily Than Others
New research suggests that the ability to detect AI-generated faces may depend less on intelligence or technical knowledge and more on a fundamental visual skill known as object recognition. A Surprising Predictor Of AI Detection As artificial intelligence tools become increasingly capable of generating realistic images, concerns about deepfakes and digital misinformation have grown rapidly.…
Read MoreAmazon Brings AI Health Assistant To Its Website And App
Amazon has launched a new AI-powered healthcare assistant called Health AI on its website and mobile app, marking a significant step in the company’s effort to use artificial intelligence to help people understand medical information and access care more easily. Why Amazon Is Expanding Into AI-Powered Healthcare Amazon’s entry into AI-driven healthcare builds on several…
Read MoreChatGPT Launches Interactive Visual Tools
OpenAI has introduced a new feature in ChatGPT that allows users to understand maths and science concepts through interactive visual explanations, turning formulas and equations into dynamic models that can be manipulated in real time. Why? This new capability reflects the growing role of ChatGPT as a learning tool rather than simply a conversational AI…
Read MoreMicrosoft Introduces Copilot Cowork For Agentic AI-Driven Work
Microsoft has introduced Copilot Cowork, a new artificial intelligence capability designed to move Copilot beyond answering questions and towards completing real tasks across Microsoft 365. Why Microsoft Wants AI To Do More Than Just Chat Since launching Copilot in late 2023, Microsoft has steadily expanded the role of AI inside its productivity tools, embedding AI…
Read MoreCheck Which Browser Extensions Can Access Your Business Data
Browser extensions can read and change the content of websites you visit, so regularly reviewing and removing unused extensions in Chrome or Microsoft Edge is a quick way to reduce the risk of unnecessary access to email, documents and other business information viewed in your browser. Why This Matters Browser extensions are small add-ons that…
Read MoreMedical Chatbot Hacked Into Giving Dangerous Advice
Security researchers have demonstrated that a healthcare AI chatbot used in a US medical pilot can be manipulated into producing dangerous advice and misleading clinical notes, raising new questions about how safely AI can operate inside real healthcare systems. What Happened? Doctronic is a US telehealth platform built around an AI medical assistant (a medical…
Read MoreWhy OpenAI Has Agreed To Deploy AI Inside Pentagon Systems
OpenAI has reached an agreement with the Pentagon to deploy its AI models inside classified US government systems, highlighting how rapidly artificial intelligence is becoming part of national security infrastructure. Department of Defense? Before getting any further into this new story, it should be noted that, in its public statements, OpenAI refers to the US…
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