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It’s Official - We’re Expanding
Our occasional collaborator and co-host Dr. Nadine Robinson is now formally working with the Smartypants team to help communicators and adminstrative staff make safe and...
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The Battle of the Bots…And Best Tools for Transcripts
All of the major tech players are releasing every more powerful A.I. tools. While many freelancers just want a reliable way to create transcripts from recordings.
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AI in Everyday Life - Part 1 of 5
The first of five two-hour sessions about AI in Everyday Life. Discussions, demostrations, relevant videos and video clips, documents and some very recent news about the world...
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An Overview of AI in Everyday Life for SCANS (Senior Collage Association of Nova Scotia)
AI seems like it just arrived, when in fact it's pretty much everywhere. This hour-long overview was a pre-amble to a 10-hour course that went far and wide to find real-world...
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An A.I. Presentation for a local Rotary Club
The Halifax Harbour Rotary Club asked for a 15-minute presentation about A.I. and its impact on businesses.
Continue ReadingOnline Video - The Beginning of A Series
We've been producing online video for more than a decade - and it's so nice that it's finally widely accessible. That wasn't the case before, when you had to be a techno sleuth and...
Continue ReadingTelefonica del Peru the current Spammer Of The Day
A month after receiving a US$60,000 fine from Peru's telecom oversight agency for lousy customer service, Telefonica del Peru has won bragging rights as the top source of email spam in...
Continue ReadingCanadian Writers Boycotting Transcontinental Over "Your base are belong to us" Contract
Canadian Living, More, Elle Canada, Homemakers, Vancouver Magazine...publications in the Transcontinental stable that are part of the target of a dozen writers' groups thanks to a new...
Continue ReadingCanadian Pharmacy Spammer Now Abusing Wordpress
The spelling and grammatically challenged criminals who keep pelting us with they spam for pharma kou ceuticals have adopted a new tactic: pointing their spam email messages to free...
Continue ReadingAlan Ralsky 'spam king' sentencing - November, 23 2009
Alan Ralsky, described as the top of a pyramid of co-conspirators who used tens of millions of junk emails to bilk Internet users of tens of millions of dollars, will be sentenced on...
Continue ReadingAlan Ralsky Spam King Sentencing?
According to dozens of news stories filed in June 2009, Alan Ralsky and a half dozen of his associates pleaded guilty to fraud and money laundering charges related to tens of millions...
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