Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools like ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot are becoming more common in work environments. For accountants, lawyers, and financial services professionals, with high workload and pressure from deadline, the promise of using AI to save time is attractive. However few people are trained on using AI properly and it's difficult to know [...]
If you are a regular follower of this blog or our newsletters, you will have noticed that we have published a lot of content on Microsoft Copilot and more generally on generative AI over the past 12 months. So why are we so excited about Copilot? Well, generative AI as a whole makes the [...]
Did you know that Microsoft includes generative AI chat based on ChatGPT as part of your Microsoft 365 plan? What’s more, it includes Enterprise Data Protection as standard – something you need to pay at least £500 per annum for with ChatGPT. If you are not using this already, read on to find out [...]
We recently wrote about the danger of impersonation scams and highlighted how generative AI is making these scams more convincing, in particular ‘Vishing’ which usually centres around telephone based scams. A more recent development, particularly worrying for professional and financial services firms, is voice cloning. This might sound like something from the Terminator but [...]
Legal and Accountancy firms faced with difficulties in recruiting enough staff are increasing turning to technology to find efficiency and reduce the burden of their workload. Microsoft 365 Copilot, Microsoft’s AI assistant tool, has been seen significant interest as its incorporated across the Microsoft office suite. With almost all workers using these applications, there [...]
In the modern age, AI is revolutionising the way we live our daily lives. From our digital assistants like Siri and Alexa to the autocorrect function on our text messages and emails, AI is becoming further and further incorporated into normality with every passing day. But despite AI’s increasing prevalence in society, the financial [...]
Microsoft 365 Copilot, released early in 2024, is already transforming the way businesses are using the Microsoft 365 apps, vastly increasing productivity and collaboration and bringing new skills to the workforce. The biggest impact so far has been in Microsoft Teams and in Teams meetings. Copilot has completely changed the way meetings are run, [...]
Accountancy practices are often viewed as a traditional profession and whilst some firms have grasped the digital revolution and use technology at the forefront of delivering client services, many are still struggling with software that is time consuming to use, a lack of enthusiasm and skill to utilise the latest technology and ultimately a [...]
The stability and security of IT systems may be something brought to your attention recently on a global scale; July 2024’s IT outage saw transport, healthcare, banks, and media outlets affected by an issue that originated with Crowdstrike, a cybersecurity company based in America. Whilst this particular problem wasn’t caused by a security breach, [...]
In a recent announcement, Microsoft announced the release of a new category of Windows PCs called Copilot+ PCs. The latest generation of Microsoft Surface devices will fit into this category, but Copilot+ PCs will also be produced and sold by Acer, ASUS, Dell, HP, Lenovo and Samsung. What is a Copilot+ PC? The key [...]
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