Remote working arrangements were a godsend during the COVID-19 pandemic, as organisations could keep functioning, and even enjoyed a range of other benefits. However, three years later, more organisations are mandating that employees return to the office. We highlight a few of the reasons why this change in posture has occurred.
Read More
Agriculture technology (or agritech) is a growing industry that is helping producers to be more efficient, productive, and profitable. However, agritech in the Caribbean region is very limited though it could really help us to up our game with respect to food security and agriculture resiliency.
Read More
With artificial intelligence (AI) capturing the minds and hearts of millions of users worldwide, chatbots have been getting little to no visibility these days. With Kern Elliott, of iGovTT in Trinidad and Tobago, we discuss chatbots and AI, and among other things: which one is better; some of the assumptions people tend to make about AI and chatbots; balancing the growing emphasis on privacy and data protection in an increasingly Ai-driven world; and what organisations ought to include in their AI policies.
Read More
Privacy and data protection have been gaining traction globally, and even across the Caribbean region. Rishi Maharaj, the Founder and Managing Director of Privicy Advisory Services, joins us to discuss privacy and data protection, along with the emerging concept of ‘data ethics’. Our conversation explores, among other things: the difference between data protection and data ethics; the challenges he has observed as organisations reframe themselves to become more privacy and data protection-centric; and his thoughts on the class action lawsuit filed against OpenAI alleging that it engaged in theft by scraping data and content from internet users.
Read More
In recent months the decline of Twitter has been accelerating, which is creating conditions for new social networks to emerge that can eclipse Twitter and dominate that space. We highlight five platforms that are widely considered alternatives to Twitter.
Read More