| Don’t be a victim of fraud; join Commercial Director Andy Slater from Fact360 at this year’s 22nd Corporate Fraud and Corruption in-person and virtual event, run by the dynamic networking organisation Thought Leader Global. |
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The Corporate Fraud and Corruption event takes place on November 18th and 19th in London in a hybrid format, where attendees can join in-person or virtually. Andy Slater will be representing Fact360 to discuss how organisations and businesses can utilise Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology to prevent and detect financial fraud.
Andy’s role as a Commercial Director is to deliver the Go To Market Strategy (GTM) and drive growth globally. Fact360 will be speaking on day one, November 18th at 10:40 (time zone used in GMT), and they are also proud sponsors of the event. In-person tickets are available to buy online, and for In-House Corporate Attendees, the virtual tickets are free for the morning sessions on day one. Head over to the website to register your place: https://www. |
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Oclean X Pro Elite Toothbrush – Stylish, Industry First Design with Certified Quiet Technology and AI Algorithm Analysis to Improve Your Brushing.
Brush your teeth with style and fleek using the OCLEAN X Pro Elite: a new high-end and high-quality smart toothbrush that helps keep your pearly whites nice and bright, leaving you comfortable to wear your smile and grasp life with confidence.
Cruising through your day-to-day, you need a toothbrush that is both dependable and effective; a toothbrush that can match the speed of your life and deliver time and time again. Well, with significant breakthroughs in both technology and design, the X Pro Elite outperforms competition in almost every category.
For starters, the X Pro Elite is also one of the smartest brushes on the block. With a battery life of up to 35 days and Qi Quick Charge technology (enabling it to fully charge in just 3.5 hours…wow) this toothbrush knows its stuff. The X Pro Elite is not going to become sentient any time being, but the toothbrush can help you improve your brushing technique. Using an ingenious AI algorithm, the X Pro Elite analyses the way you brush your teeth and recommends how you can improve your technique, using a dental model on its 0.96-inch touch screen display. There’s no plans to introduce Netflix onto the device anytime soon, but it will help you develop good brushing habits – an area that can often be neglected in a tricky work-life balance.
To ensure that users get the deepest clean possible, the X Pro Elite’s motor spins at the speed of sound, delivering a maximum of 42,000 rpm that helps you reach and defeat difficult plaque and stain build ups with ease. OCLEAN’s new self-developed WhisperClean™ technology also means that the toothbrush emits just 45dB when operating at maximum power: a drastic decrease compared to it’s more pricey big name competitor’s (55-65 dB) – but shhh don’t tell them that, they’ll be jealous.
For decor-conscious and fashion-forward individuals, the X Pro Elite comes in a stylish-yet-elegant design. As an industry first, OCLEAN have used tactile craftsmanship on the exterior to create a comforting stone-like feel in the hand. With a natural and textured finish, the X Pro Elite will match any modern bathroom and the smart toothbrush’s perfect blend of visual beauty and design make it ideal for blending in with a sleek tiled wall or minimalist industrial decors.
To help those with sensitive gums and delicate fillings, OCLEAN has also introduced a sensitive mode that reduces irritation and helps provide a pain-free but still effective brushing experience. With a standard of four customisable brushing models, each with adjustable 32 level intensity, the DuPoint Diamond brush filaments will never give you an issue.
The OCLEAN X Pro Elite is available to purchase online for RRP £74
More information can be found at: https://www.oclean.com/products/oclean-x-pro-elite
Singapore Cybersecurity Firm Launches World’s First AI-Embedded Solid-State Drive #AI #Tech
SINGAPORE cybersecurity firm Flexxon has launched the world’s first solid-state drive (SSD) embedded with artificial intelligence (AI) data security.
As the “last line of defence” to protect data at the hardware level, the SSD is able to guard against both remote and physical attacks, boasting a range of features including temperature sensors to detect unusual movements that occur.
In the event of such an incursion, the device – also known as X-PHY – will alert the user via email and lock itself to prevent any physical tampering. Users may then unlock the device via a dynamic authentication process. For clients with high security needs, such as the military, data may be automatically wiped should the device fall into the wrong hands.
Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister-in-charge of Singapore’s Smart Nation Initiative Vivian Balakrishnan said that the innovation was a “breakthrough” and a significant step in increasing security and safety for end users, having put AI into the firmware layer of an SSD.
Congratulating Flexxon on its new product, Dr Balakrishnan – who was the guest-of-honour at the launch – also called on similar companies to include research institutes, universities and the private sector to enhance local research and development efforts in AI.
“In Singapore, we want to become more than just smart consumers or buyers of applications and hardware. We want to become a nation of innovators, makers and creators,” he said.
The product, currently in trials with government agencies, medical and industrial clients, has not been made available to the public. Flexxon said it plans to cater to businesses by September this year and hopes to raise enough funds to produce the device for the mass consumer market by early 2022.
Said Camellia Chan, founder and chief executive officer of Flexxon: “With innovations like the X-PHY, we will be better equipped to leverage on the benefits of technology while safeguarding ourselves against rising cyber threats.”
Ways in Which AI Can Help Your Business Grow
Artificial intelligence is all around us. We use it in different ways every day. You wake up, you go for a run, and your watch starts tracking your steps and measuring your heart rate variability using forms of artificial intelligence. Probably, AI was used by a farmer to grow the strawberries and blueberries you had for breakfast this morning. AI helps you sense other vehicles on the road and drive more comfortably and safely. You also might not know that your emails and photographs are filtered and sorted with the help of AI techs. Artificial intelligence is virtually everywhere. No wonder, more and more industries use it to their advantage, too. Businesses employ AI-powered tools to boost their productivity, streamline their workflow, automate various processes, and much more.
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From today’s article, you’re going to learn more about how different businesses can tap into the power of AI and make the most of it.
AI and Predictive Maintenance
It’s a rare industry that doesn’t strive to predict problems, prevent them from happening, or at least address issues in a timely fashion. This is exactly what predictive maintenance is concerned with. It goes a long way in helping businesses to spot possible problems and come with effective solutions before they transform into insurmountable stumbling blocks. And in combination with AI, predictive maintenance can do even more.
Today, developers create specialized AI-driven solutions that help companies leverage business data so as to get actionable insights and discover patterns which will make it possible to avoid snags in production or any other areas in the long run.
AI and Customer Lifetime Value Prediction
Another aspect which can be improved with the help of AI, its machine learning branch in particular, is customer lifetime value prediction.
As you know, the ability to foresee and predict is critical for any business’ success. To remain competitive in today’s customer-focused market, a company needs to know their customer lifetime value. To this end, it’s necessary to employ effective tools geared towards helping companies predict customer behavior, identify individual customer purchasing habits, and devise effective strategies aimed at retaining and winning customers. And AI techs offer a totally new paradigm in this field. Based on their browsing and purchase histories, ML can help determine purchasing behaviors, measure potential profits a particular customer can bring in, improve customer retention, and maximize ROI.
AI and Data Entry
Living in the era of rapid digitization, we still rely on manually entering data when there is a need to transfer it to the digital state. Needless to say, such a method is prone to error and thus not completely reliable. What’s more, manual data entry is quite a scrupulous and mind-numbing task, which takes up much time. That’s where AI comes in and saves the day again.
AI enables companies to automate the data entry process and thus substantially optimize their performance. Presently, more businesses turn to AI techs to eliminate the need of manually entering data and low the risk of errors. You can also find dedicated AI-powered solutions specifically tailored to meet your business needs and put them to good use. Automating data entry will let you hone in on more important tasks and problems that require your involvement. It will also enable you to improve your enterprise network availability through managing remote data more accurately and business responsiveness through the capacity to enter data in real time.
AI and Security
Data security is undoubtedly one of the top priorities for lots of industries. Due to its ability to sift through tons of data, they can quickly detect potential threats and alert your information security team to them. AI solutions are good at identifying suspicious and risky behaviors that may end up in cyber attacks and data breaches. And what’s really important is that such solutions can learn over time and rely on its past experience to come up with more effective cyber attack countermeasures.
AI and Auditing
Though relatively new, this application of AI shows a lot of promise for modern businesses. Currently, many industries are exploring and tapping into the power of AI and ML to improve their audit processes. Dedicated machine learning tools now can read contracts and sales contracts, identify important patterns within analyzed documents and allow auditors to narrow their focus and concentrate on more global tasks.
Anker Launches Smart AI-Enabled Webcam and Portable Noise-Isolating Conference Speaker. #AnkerWork #Home #Office #WFH
Anker Innovations, a global leader in mobile charging and consumer electronics, today announces two products under the AnkerWork product line, including the PowerConf C300, Smart AI-enabled HD webcam and the PowerConf S500 Portable Conference Speaker.
“For many, working from home has been a dream come true, but it also brings its own unique challenges; distracting pets, family, poor lighting, as well as power and cable management issues, to name a few,” said Steven Yang, Founder and CEO of Anker Innovations. “AnkerWork products have been designed to help address many of these issues, while providing solutions that are portable and can be easily used in the home, the office and on the road.”
PowerConf C300 Smart HD Webcam
The PowerConf C300 is AnkerWork’s first 1080p, Full HD webcam with a built-in AI chipset, that provides a high-quality image with accurate colour reproduction and unparalleled low-light performance. With three field-of-view choices; 78-degrees for close-ups, 90-degrees for a mid-view or 115-degrees for the widest field of view, users can customise the experience that meets their needs – whether showing something on a whiteboard or keeping pets and family out of frame.
The C300’s A.I. also offers smart framing that helps keep an individual or group members cantered on screen – though it will only reframe a subject’s deliberate movements, so they can take a sip of water off camera, without shifting focus. Dual stereo microphones also ensure great sounding audio.
PowerConf S500 Portable Conference Speaker
The PowerConf S500 builds on the success of the original PowerConf products, adding four upgraded microphones featuring Anker’s new proprietary VoiceRadar™ technology. VoiceRadar uses beamforming and enhanced Digital Signal Processors (DSPs) to pick up the voice of the person speaking while ignoring surrounding noises to ensure a great sounding experience for all parties.
The S500 can be used with the AnkerWork app (on Android and iOS) which lets users choose one of three pickup patterns for different use case scenarios. These include traditional conference room environments with multiple people, a single person presenting to others as well as using the S500 as a microphone for live streaming.
Additionally, two units can be paired together for larger conference rooms and upgraded 10 watts of power offers great sound for conference calls or for listening to music.
Availability and Pricing:
The PowerConf C300 is available today through Amazon, Anker.com, and select retailers for $129.99 in the US; €129.99 in Germany, and £119.00 in the UK.
The PowerConf S500’s pricing and availability will be announced at a later date. Additional products under the AnkerWork brand will be announced in the coming weeks.
Clearbanc and Pencil partner to help ecommerce businesses grow using creative AI. #Clearbanc #Pencil #AI
Creative AI company Pencil has partnered with the world’s largest e-commerce investor Clearbanc to provide their customers with the latest innovation in online video advertising, Machine Generated Creative (MGC). These ads can be created in minutes and consistently double return on ad spend for brands. It is anticipated that companies using the Pencil platform will be able to unlock new audiences on Facebook and Instagram and grow revenue faster.
MGC online video ads are generated by artificial intelligence (AI), while learning what resonates with audiences, in order to systematically deliver better results for brands. Using historic ad performance data, Pencil is able to understand what in the ad is resonating with customers. It can then generate new batches of ad ideas which are new and distinct, but which share winning characteristics with past winners. In this way Pencil learns what works while continuously exploring new ideas that could resonate with audiences.
Pencil analysed over 100 campaigns that used MGC video ads and found the best MGC ads delivered an average return on ad spend (ROAS) 2x that of other ads the brands were running. One brand’s MGC campaign delivered 7x higher ROAS.
Will Hanschell, CEO and co-founder of Pencil commented: “This partnership with Clearbanc underlines the success we’ve had with our Machine Generated Creative ads for brands around the world. These ads are helping ecommerce brands and agencies grow, and I am confident we can help them scale further.”
This partnership announcement comes hot on the heels of Pencil joining as a creative partner in Facebook Marketing Partners, a program that connects businesses to an ecosystem of specialists. More than 200 million businesses worldwide use Facebook’s apps to connect with customers and grow, and over 10 million of them run advertising campaigns each month.
Pencil customer James Harding, Head of Growth at Lyka Pet Food commented : “Pencil gives us the ability to generate ads quickly and more importantly, come up with ideas we might not have otherwise. It’s been a massive win for us essentially.”
Pencil leverages proprietary technology to generate ad video, derive insights and make predictions, as well as integrating the OpenAI API to generate ad copy. The OpenAI API provides access to GPT-3, one of the world’s most powerful language models. Pencil is among the first companies approved to use it commercially. This approval requires strict criteria in AI safety and ethics.
Daniel Rodic, Head of Market Development commented: “Clearbanc was created to help Founders grow their businesses by using our non-dilutive capital to invest in predictable and repeatable expenses like marketing spend. Pencil’s technology offers a simple solution for brands in our portfolio to improve their return on ad spend and ultimately maximize the effectiveness of the capital they deploy.”
Clearbanc has deployed over US$1.6b to more than 4,000 ecommerce and SaaS businesses.
Irish Agency Creates AI Christmas Cards Painted by Van Gogh & Written by William Butler Yeats. #AI #Christmas2020
Irish creative agency, Connector by Granite, has used AI to bring back Van Gogh and William Butler Yeats to create their Christmas cards this year. The company trained neural networks to recognise patterns in the source data from Van Gogh’s starry night and transpose it to iconic Dublin Christmas scenes. The project also tasked the AI with learning all poems by Irish poet, William Butler Yeats, to produce a special new poem to lift spirits in celebration of Christmas.
Goodbye 2020,
Long live the Future.
The air grew still, and then
A murmurous laugh arose;
A starlight glimmered through,
A misty and hazy fire.
Together with kindred spirits
Every soul should seek,
For music that can burn
And love is all around
But no, farewell;
A starlight glimmering through, a misty and hazy fire.
– William Butler Yeats
According to Ivan Adriel, Creative Strategy Director: “Connector has always been an agency with creativity in our DNA and this year we were acquired by Granite Digital – Ireland’s biggest digital agency. We wanted to merge the power of technology and creativity to show that AI can open new realms of creative possibility, in contrast to dystopic headlines heralding technology as the death of creativity.”
In an effort to avoid waste, the company is not posting cards this year but is sending them to clients by email.
Quest for Quality Conference Returning to Dublin. #AI #ComtradeDigital #Q4Q2020
Comtrade Digital Services, the leading software engineering services and solutions provider, today announces that its Quest for Quality conference will be returning to Croke Park in Dublin on the 27th and 28th of October, 2020. The theme of this year’s conference is ‘AI Demystified’.
For the fifth year running, the event will gather thought leaders, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Quality Assurance (QA) enthusiasts, testing professionals and software developers to discuss the impact of AI and the importance of QA.
The event is expected to attract over 200 industry professionals to Dublin from across the globe. Delegates will have the opportunity to hear panel discussions and expert talks about the theme from experts including:
- Tariq King – Founder and President at Global Quality Institute, USA.
- Davar Ardalan – Founder and Storyteller in Chief at IVOW AI, USA.
- Nishan Chelvachandran – CEO and Co-Founder of Iron Lakes, Finland.
- Raj Subrameyer – Speaker, Writer and Tech Career Coach at ChaiLatte Consulting, USA
While exploring the influence of AI on people, organisations and industries, attendees will have the opportunity to connect with like-minded individuals and industry leaders from the global Quest for Quality community.
Visit https://www.questforquality.eu to register your and your team’s attendance, and for more information on sponsoring, speaking or exhibiting at the conference. From tech enthusiasts to CIOs, everyone who is interested in this theme is welcome.
Top 5 technology predictions for 2020 unveiled by Dell Technologies. #AI #5G #Multicloud #Dell #Tech
Dell Technologies has today unveiled its top five technology predictions for 2020 with the company forecasting how developments in AI, 5G, Multicloud technology and sustainable innovation will reshape Ireland’s economy and society in the next twelve months and to pave the way to the next data decade.
Unveiling the predictions today, Mark Hopkins, General Manager, Dell Technologies Ireland, said: “2020 will be a milestone year in technology. The explosion in the growth of data and increasing computer power will result in emerging technologies becoming ever more evident in our everyday lives – from how we work and play, to how we do business in Ireland.
“To help organisations to prepare for the change that lies ahead, we’ve identified the technology breakthroughs that will come to the fore. From AI and Machine Learning turning our PCs into even smarter companions, next-generation infrastructure supporting the delivery of 5G, and sustainable innovation taking centre stage, 2020 is set to be the opening of the next data decade.
“I’m very excited about what the future holds and how the Dell Technologies’ teams in Limerick, Cork and Dublin can help businesses to transform. Our Innovation Lab in Limerick provides a critical AI and Internet of Things test-bed for businesses whilst our teams in Cork are at the global forefront of using 5G technology and Edge Computing to create next-generation services that can help to save lives.”
Top 5 Predictions:
The top technology predictions from Dell Technologies include:
- Prediction 1: Intelligent devices will change the way we work
Over the next year, AI and machine learning will turn our PCs into even smarter companions. They’ll have the ability to optimise power and battery life for our most productive moments. These devices will become increasingly self-sufficient with the ability to automatically repair, without needing to inform the owner. Biometrics will also become widespread in PC ranges. With this innovation, PCs know it’s you from the moment you gaze at the screen.
- Prediction 2: 5G promises to completely change the data game
5G promises to completely change the data game – bringing transmissions speeds up to 20 times faster than current 4G platforms. The near-instantaneous transfer of data and information will speed up the delivery of autonomous vehicle and smart cities. In 2020, focus will turn to the delivery of the hardware and infrastructure needed to support the delivery of 5G and the massive amounts of data that will move at speed.
- Prediction 3: Public and private clouds to co-exist
The idea that public and private clouds can and will co-exist becomes a clear reality in 2020. Multi-cloud IT strategies supported by hybrid cloud architectures will play a key role in ensuing organizations have better data management and visibility, while also ensuring that their data remains accessible and secure. In fact, IDC predicts that by 2021, 9 in 10 businesses worldwide will rely on a mix of private and public clouds together with legacy platforms to meet their infrastructure needs.
- Prediction 4: Flexible consumption and as-a-service adoption will accelerate rapidly
One of the biggest hurdles for IT decision makers driving transformation is resources. In 2020, flexible consumption and as-a-service options will accelerate rapidly as organisations seize the opportunity to transform into software-defined and cloud-enabled IT. As a result – they’ll be able to choose the right economic model for their business to take advantage of end-to-end IT solutions that enable data mobility and visibility, and crunch even the most intensive AI and Machine Learning workloads when needed.
- Prediction 5: Sustainable innovation to take centre stage
Sustainable technology will also take centre stage, with organisations increasing looking to protect the plant. 2020 will see greater investments in reuse and recycling for closed-loop innovation. Hardware will become smaller and more efficient and built with recycled and reclaimed goods.
For more information on Dell Technologies 2020 Predictions, see here.