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Wait For It …The OpenAI Voice Cloning Tool
OpenAI has announced the preview of its (two years in the making) ‘Voice Engine’ voice cloning tool, although there’s no firm release date yet. What Can It Do? OpenAI says Voice Engine uses “text input and a single 15-second audio sample to generate natural-sounding speech that closely resembles the original speaker.” OpenAI says this “small model” with a…
Rampant Referrals For MSPs – Part 5
Motivation-Sabotage If you’ll recall, last time we finished looking at some reasons why some MSPs limit their referral flow in terms of sabotaging their service. To recap, we looked at : – Overconfidence in Unique Selling Propositions (USPs)– Overvaluing Product Over Service– Assuming One-Size-Fits-All– Believing Low Price Equals High Value– Overreliance on Technology– Misjudging the…
‘AI Washing’ – Crackdown
The US investment regulator, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), has dished out penalties totalling $400,000 to two investment companies who made misleading claims about how they used AI, a practice dubbed ‘AI Washing’. What Is AI Washing? The term ‘AI washing’ (as used by the investment regulator in this case) refers to the practice of…
Serious Apple Chip Vulnerability Discovered
US researchers have reported discovering a hardware chip vulnerability inside Apple M1, M2, and M3 silicon chips. The unpatchable ‘GoFetch’ is a microarchitecture vulnerability and side-channel attack that reportedly affects all kinds of encryption algorithms, even the 2,048-bit keys that are hardened to protect against attacks from quantum computers. This serious vulnerability renders the security effects of constant-time programming (a…
Your AI Twin Might Save Your Life
A new study published in The Lancet shows how an AI tool called Foresight (which fully analyses patient health records and makes digital twins of patients) could be used to predict the future of your health. What Is Foresight? The Foresight tool is described by the researchers as a “generative transformer in temporal modelling of patient…
Glassdoor Site Shows Real Users’ Names
It’s been reported that Glassdoor (the website that allows current employees to anonymously review their employer) posted users’ real names to their profiles without their consent. What Is Glassdoor? By allowing users to register anonymously, Glassdoor is a website that allows current and former employees to anonymously review their companies and management. Founded in 2007…
What Is ‘Customer Journey Mapping’ Software?
In this tech insight, we look at what customer journey mapping is, its benefits, the challenges of using it, and also we look at some of the popular customer journey mapping software solutions available. What Is Customer Journey Mapping? Customer journey mapping refers to a strategic process (that’s used by marketers) to visualise and understand…
Rampant Referrals For MSPs : Part 4
Rampant Referrals for MSPs : Self-Sabotage (Part B) Okay, so as a quick recap from last time, we started looking at ways that MSPs can reduce their referral-flow as a result of reduced client-service satisfaction, as a result of service-sabotage. This started off with a quick appreciation that we all have lots of biases and…
Rampant Referrals for MSPs – Part 3
Recap from last Time.Last time we saw that to complement the statistics we saw in session 1, the main benefits to MSP owners for optimising referrals were identified within the categories of : – Cost (or lack of it)– Feedback (both internally and externally)– Trust – we looked at all the stakeholders along the trust-train.–…
MARC Diligence: Step 3 – Implementing and Optimising DMARC for Maximum Security
In this third and final part of our series of ‘DMARC Diligence’ insights, we explore the detailed process of DMARC deployment, its monitoring, optimisation, and preparing businesses for future email security challenges. Last Week … Last week in part 2 of this series of ‘DMARC Diligence’ articles, we looked at the crucial yet often neglected aspect…
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