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Think of the end

I’m curious. When going through the IT RFP/Vendor selection process you obviously cover contract termination, but how many people ask ‘What if I want to move to a different Vendor?’ What are the technical steps? What are any additional costs? How long will it take? Use a competitor

The centre of the Universe

What’s a good use of ChatGPT? Sometimes it feels a bit vague and magic, or a good way to put confidential data at risk. On a UK IT Leaders call yesterday (Vegas rules) somebody mentioned it was very handy for quick code reviews where there wasn’t any great

Be cautious

Cautionary tale, be careful because of the potential hits to your reputation and customer experience: Air Canada must honor refund policy invented by airline’s chatbotAir Canada appears to have quietly killed its costly chatbot support.Ars TechnicaAshley Belanger “Air Canada was seemingly so invested in experimenting with AI that

Meetings are broken

A long time ago I learned the KT-method from Kepner-Tregoe for problem solving. It came in very handy when running time critical major incidents, but I’ve used it pretty much ever since. When looking at problems and solutions you can develop tunnel vision very easily (SUPER quickly with Technical

More critical thinking needed

This is frustrating. ChatGPT will now remember -- and forget -- things you tell it to | TechCrunchOpenAI’s ChatGPT chatbot is getting a new feature that allows it to remember and forget specific facts and details.TechCrunchKyle Wiggers Tech Leaders really need to start spelling out what things are, and

Have a good think...

Well this is incredibly depressing Why do 80% of men in tech believe women are treated equally?Women in tech dispel a study which saw 80% of men surveyed in the industry saying there is gender parity. Here’s what women think about how things can improve.EuronewsPascale Davies “Some

Make it illegal?

Round table a little staid, or a dinner party needs to be a little more piccante? “Ransomware payouts are made illegal. Company Directors are held liable if they pay them. Net positive or negative impact? Discuss” I read a few years ago that banning payments may mean gangs target those

Anydesk breach

Last year Barracuda had an exploit issue that could not be fixed and required replacement hardware. Same with Ivanti now (https://lnkd.in/epxtpa9c). Although in the case of Ivanti it’s a comprehensive rebuild that’s required. Then last night Anydesk confirmed a breach. As an aside - breach

Poisoning AI

This is a fascinating development. Nightshade and Glaze have been developed for artists to use to alter images which ‘poison’ image AI training algorithms. Nightshade, the free tool that ‘poisons’ AI models, is now available for artists to useThe tool’s creators are seeking to make it so that AI