Author: Christine Betterton-Jones
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You can browse privately in Chrome and Edge (sort of ), but it’s a bit of a faff
To find privacy settings In Chrome: Click on the “Kebab” menu (three vertical dots, top right of the address bar). Select Settings, Privacy and Security. There are umpteen pages of links and settings. It’s worth starting with the “Privacy … Read more
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You don’t need to ditch Chrome or Edge to browse privately.
People who don’t want Google or Microsoft “following them around” on the Internet with targeted ads and trackers recommend switching to a browser focusing on privacy, such as DuckDuckGo or Brave. However, before taking such a step, it might be … Read more
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Playing around with DuckDuckGo
JCC members noted that there had been adverts for the Browser/Search engine DuckDuckGo on TV recently. Why is DuckDuckGo advertising itself so much? It’s been around for 16 years! – What is it?DuckDuckGo is an American software company that … Read more
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“Duck Duck Go” – Q & A
Duck Duck Go has been advertising itself on TV recently. Is it a browser or a search engine? Is it all it’s cracked up to be? Is it safe ? Is it better than Edge or Google and Chrome ? … Read more
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AI Voice cloning for everyone!
On Thursday 19 September, we looked at how anyone can do AI voice cloning – at a price! Why would you want to clone your voice? Perhaps an illness like Parkinsons means that you are gradually losing the ability to … Read more
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I heard your voice ! … or was it a clone created by AI?
Last Thursday, we played about with faces of people who didn’t exist. This week Thursday, September 19 we’ll have fun with voices of people who don’t exist and (more disturbingly) fake voices of people who do exist – voice clones. … Read more
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Is it a fake image or real? What can AI tell me about a photo?
On Thursday, 12 September we played around with AI and images. We took a look at this website which generates faces of people who do not exist. They look very real! Just refresh/reload the web page to generate a … Read more
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How good is AI at interpreting images?
Last Thursday, Elaine demonstrated how ChatGPT could accurately transpose handwritten Old English text from a photograph. This Thursday, September 12th, we will dig a little deeper. I know I can tell a bat from a cat – but can AI? … Read more
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The AI Translation Challenge – and more besides.
On Thursday, September 5, we compared the performance of ChatGPT, Microsoft Co-pilot and two online translation tools: Google Translate and DeepL when given some translation tasks…and played around with more besides. Several Club members use ChatGPT, mainly as a writing … Read more
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Can you trust ChatGPT’s translations? (or Co-pilot’s for that matter)
This Thursday, September 5th, we kick off a new season of presentations by challenging both ChatGPT and Co-pilot with some translation tasks. Have they improved their performance over the past few months? Can I trust them to write a sensible … Read more