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😱 AI Goes Wrong: Meta Smart Glasses Hack

💡 Tech Made Simple: ChatGPT Canvas

💭 AI Masterclass: Exclusive For C-Suite Execs

🔥 AI Resources: EU AI Act

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AI GOING WRONG: Meta Glasses Fail

Two Harvard students have just turned Meta's smart glasses into a privacy-piercing nightmare.

​The duo 'MacGyvered' Meta's eyewear to get names, ages, addresses, and phone numbers of strangers - It used the glasses with facial recognition, reverse image search and combined it with a public database and an LLM. It's clever, but a privacy nightmare.

​Meta's guardrails rely on an easily missed LED light on the glasses and a voluntary "respect people’s preferences" policy. Ouch.

​What this means: With more AI-enabled devices around - from pins to pendants - you'll want to consider beefing up digital privacy training and look into personal information removal services. If two students can use commonly available tech to do this...

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AI MADE SIMPLE: ChatGPT Canvas

OpenAI has introduced Canvas, a new feature designed to make editing AI-generated content easier.

Instead of creating a new version of text every time (and getting different results), Canvas lets you iterate on a consistent document.

You get more control over edits, without losing the benefit of AI assistance.

The good: You can edit content directly, select specific sections for ChatGPT to refine, and maintain more of a flow in your work.

The limitations: - It doesn’t support rendering code and it's in beta so not everyone will have access to it yet.

With this and tools like Google NotebookLM and Claude Artifacts, we’re starting to shift gears into having more useful AI workflows and processes.

AI MASTERCLASS: For Senior Leaders

Keeping Up with AI: C-Suite Challenges and Opportunities

Leaders today face rapid market shifts, overwhelming data, the need for efficient growth - and the imperative to build future-ready, AI-aware teams.

To address these challenges, we’re offering two exclusive AI Masterclasses for senior leadership.

Learn how to:

• Better align economic trends with financial outcomes,
• Predict competitor behaviour and act on it
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AI RESOURCES: EU AI ACT assistant

AI regulation is evolving worldwide. Here are the differences in key territories - and an EU AI Act assistant to help you understand what it means for UK businesses.

​UK approach: Currently sector-specific, but anticipating stronger regulation under Labour. Potential for mandatory data-sharing and safety checks on powerful AI models.

​US landscape: Presently fragmented with sector-specific rules at federal level. State-level regulations emerging, particularly in California (despite the recent SB1047 law rejection), with the potential for broader impact.

​EU AI Act: Horizontal catch-all for member states. More stringent regulations with penalties, especially for high-risk sectors. Mandates transparency, human oversight, and fairness in AI systems.

​The act is now law in 27 EU member states and has set somewhat of a standard for AI governance. Get our EU AI Act Assistant, Policy Framework and insights - they'll help demystify what it all means for your organisation.

​To mitigate risks, contact us for an assessment of your planned or current AI processes and usage.

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