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The Shap-E AI system from OpenAI (creators of ChatGPT) and available for open-source download, can create 3D models from text. What Is It?  According to the Cornell University researchers behind the system, Shap-E is “a conditional generative model for 3D assets” which, unlike other 3D generative models “generates the parameters of implicit functions that can be rendered as … Continue reading Tech Insight: New AI That Generates 3-D Models From Text →

Apple has reportedly banned the internal use of ChatGPT and other chatbots plus AI writers like Bard, Copilot and GitHub to prevent the sharing of sensitive company information. Internal Document Seen  The ban came to light following a report by the The Wall Street Journal, which said it had seen internal documents informing Apple employees of … Continue reading Tech News : ChatGPT Banned At Apple →

BT has announced that the completion of its fibre roll-out, 5G rollout, adapting to new technologies like AI, plus general cost cutting are key reasons why it will be axing up to 55,000 jobs, primarily in the UK, by the end of the decade. 40 Per Cent Of The Workforce  The massive 40 per cent … Continue reading Tech News : AI Contributes To 55,000 BT Jobs Cuts →

£22 million of the UK government’s £91 million Green Heat Network Fund will be used to build a geothermal heating network that could provide low-cost heating for nearly 4,000 homes in Cornwall. Drilling Near Truro  The government-funded project by Geothermal Engineering Ltd (GEL), “The Langarth,” at Langarth Garden Village (near Truro), Cornwall, will involves drilling … Continue reading Sustainability : Low-Cost Underground Heating For 4,000 Cornish Homes →

02 June 1966 : Getting Off The Ground Isn’t Always Easy! Chuck Yeager (famous for being the first to break the sound barrier) mentioned in his excellent autobiography that whilst he was training Neil Amstrong in high-altitude flying, he found him a little a bit cocky. In fairness, Neil did have a training crash at one … Continue reading Tech Trivia : Did You Know? This Week in History … →

Cisco Talos researcher, Tiago Pereira, has warned of the dangers of a new phishing-as-a-service (PaaS) tool called “Greatness.” The Greatness tool has been designed to compromise Microsoft 365 users and can make phishing pages especially convincing and effective against businesses. Greatness incorporates many advanced features including multi-factor authentication (MFA) bypass, IP filtering and integration with … Continue reading Security Stop-Press : Phishing-as-a-Service Warning →

If you’d like to protect your privacy and the privacy of your business in terms of what you share with ChatGPT, here’s how to delete your ChatGPT chat history: – Sign-in to your ChatGPT account and click on the three dots next to your account name (at the foot of the chats). – Click on … Continue reading Tech Tip – How To Delete Your ChatGPT Conversation History →

Twitter has recently added a new encrypted messaging service to its repertoire, offering end-to-end encryption for all direct messages sent across its network. This privacy enhancement ensures that only the sender and receiver can view the content of their conversation, emphasising a renewed commitment to user confidentiality. Interestingly, Elon Musk, Twitter’s CEO, has affirmed that … Continue reading Tech News : Twitter Encryption : More Musk Makeovers →

In this article, we look at 22 handy AI sites that could help save time, make life easier and boost your business. 1. Pictory – https://pictory.ai/  Pictory offers a way to automatically create short, sharable branded, sales videos from your long form content. No technical skills or software download are required; it can use AI to extract content … Continue reading AI Update – Part 1: Handy AI Resources For Your Business →

Using the right prompts is the way to quickly get the best responses from ChatGPT and here are 20 helpful ChatGTP prompts that you may want to try. 20 Productive Prompts  Here are 20 top prompts you can copy and paste into ChatGPT, just adding a few details to get some helpful and productive responses … Continue reading AI Update – Part 2: 20 Helpful ChatGPT Prompts →