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How To Spot Fake Images
With deepfake images recently making the news by fooling many people, we look at the issues around fake images and how to spot them. Recent Examples The emergence of AI has led to an increasing output of highly convincing fake images/manipulated images/deepfake images (and deepfake videos). Motivations for making these images vary, e.g. entertainment (fun…
Reduced OneDrive Cloud Storage
Changes to Microsoft 365 could mean less OneDrive cloud storage and could lead to Outlook being disrupted. Change In February, Microsoft announced that cloud storage used across Microsoft 365 apps and services would include Outlook.com attachments data and OneDrive data. Microsoft has warned that this change could reduce how much cloud storage users have available…
Don’t Get Sued For Using ChatGPT
One recent example of how ChatGPT may be the subject of a defamation lawsuit after it reportedly created completely incorrect (and highly damaging) content is in the case of Brian Hood, the mayor of Hepburn Shire, 120km northwest of Melbourne, Australia. Mr Hood reported being told by members of the public that ChatGPT had (falsely)…
Leverage Existing Clients For Case Studies And To Develop Your USP
Managed service providers (MSPs) face increasing competition in today’s market. To stand out from the crowd, it’s very powerful for them to highlight their unique selling propositions (USPs) effectively. However, many business owners don’t know how to develop their USP. One way to do this is by leveraging existing clients to develop case studies that…
Microsoft Is Founded
Bill Gates originally wanted to become a lawyer, like his father, when he was a young child. However, as he grew up he discovered computers and on this week in history (4th April back in 1975) he, along with his school-friend Paul Allen founded “Micro-Soft” as it was called back then. Whilst they coding in…
ChatGPT Gets User’s Parking Ticket Revoked
Following the news that a student made a successful appeal against a parking ticket by using a letter written by the ChatGPT chatbot, we look at how it happened, how to get the best results from ChatGPT, and we look at some of the recent concerns about the advances in AI technology. £60 Parking Ticket …
What’s All the Fuss About A National Alarm?
With the UK government’s new ‘Emergency Alerts’ system now live, we take a look at what it is and how it will work. What Are ‘Emergency Alerts’? The UK government’s Emergency Alerts service, managed by the government’s Cabinet Office, enables the government to send important public safety messages directly to people’s mobile phones in specific geographic…
TikTok Fined £12.7m By UK Data Watchdog
Embattled Chinese owned short-video-sharing platform TikTok has received a £12.7m fine from the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for breaching UK data protection law by failing to protect children’s privacy when using the TikTok platform. Notice Of Intent Issued Last Year The ICO issued TikTok Inc and TikTok Information Technologies UK Limited (‘TikTok’) with the ‘notice of…
Beware Increasing Deepfake Voice Scams
There have been reports of scammers are using the latest AI deepfake voice clones to sound like family members in distress to swindle relatives out of money. AI Voice Technology The kinds of artificially generated voice technology tools that bad actors could be using for ‘imposter scams’ may include ElevenLabs, Murf, Play.ht, Respeecher, Resemble, Overdub,…
People Buy From People
You may have heard it said that people buy from people and what is especially true is that people will usuaslly only buy from someone that they like, know and trust. “usually” rather than “always” is because there are always exceptions and perhaps someone has to make a grudge purchase for something they’re desperate for…
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