Deepfakes are becoming so common that we may not even realise that some of the images and videos we encounter have been artificially created. We briefly discuss what a deepfake is and some of the ways it has been permeating our lives and the content we consume.
Read More
With Karel Douglas, the Executive Officer, Legal and Enforcement, of the Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad and Tobago (TATT), Cheryl Hector Fontenelle, the Acting Managing Director of the Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL), which oversees telecommunications regulation in Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia and St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and Ansord Hewitt, the Director General of the Office of Utilities Regulation, in Jamaica, we discuss the evolution of telecoms regulation in the Caribbean region, and how regulation needs to evolve to accommodate the technology advancements that have been occurring and better position us for the future.
Read More
A roundup of the latest ICT/technology news from across the Caribbean region for the period Monday 27 March to Sunday 2 April 2023.
Read More
This week, over 1,750 academics, engineers and some notable names in the tech space signed an open letter asking for all Artificial Intelligence (AI) labs to “immediately pause for at least 6 months the training of AI systems more powerful than GPT-4”. We discuss the issue from a few perspectives.
Read More
Lynk, a digital wallet, is the only approved wallet for Jamaica’s Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), JAM-DEX. Lynk’s Chief Product Officer, John-Matthew Sinclair joins us on the Podcast to discuss Lynk and its current offerings, along with: reasons for the seemingly slow adoption of JAM-DEX in Jamaica; the issue of financial inclusion in the Caribbean region and the barriers to entry beyond the AML and KYC requirements that must be followed, and new product offerings that are coming on stream, and what the future holds for Lynk.
Read More