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Charity Digital gets a timely site refresh alongside a smart implementation of Affino's AI Services
Charity Digital launched on Affino a good 5 years ago, and so it’s timely that it gets a proper makeover! The main purpose of the updated design is to surface more content above the fold and make it easier to navigate to all the key site resources.
There used to be a large banner up top (which you can see on several of the related articles) - where we now have 5 key articles featured instead - then followed by a lower tier of 3 - all nicely separated by differing prominence of panel sizes. ...
Highlights from InPublishings' 2nd AI Special Event
So we just recently had the Live Streamed Q&A session for the second of InPublishing’s AI Specials - where each of the 15 participants were asked questions by Moderator James Evelegh. I personally wish that the format could be a little more open and round-robin interactive from the start.
Our CEO Markus was very lively and enthusiastic throughout - with often seemingly a fairly unique viewpoints - some of those participants seemed overly focused on early AI problems and hallucinations - ...
Affino CEO Markus Karlsson is once more featured in InPublishing's Second AI Special, talking about the practical side of AI New Product Development
The Second InPublishing AI Special takes a more practical experiential / case study approach to the subject matter, where the first edition was along more general lines.
We have several of the same luminaries involved this second time around - including Jennifer Schivas - CEO of 67 Bricks, Aliya Itzkowitz - manager at FT Strategies, and Katja Eggert - head of strategic development at Immediate Media.
Our CEO Markus tackles New Product Development again, where he touches on :
- Using AI
InPublishing AI Special Highlights
In the recent May/June issue of InPublishing Magazine there was an extensive AI Special, featuring insights from 13 experts in the UK publishing sector, on the subject and including our own CEO Markus Karlsson.
Following the article, there was a Webinar on the same subject areas - with pertinent experts answering the various questions from the audience.
View the full Webinar Video (1 hour 15 mins) - here
InPublishing also extracted key points from each expert - which...
Affino CEO and Founder Markus Karlsson shares his AI Expertise as part of InPublishing's AI Special
So our good friends at InPublishing - James and Martin decided to do an extensive take on AI - featuring leading exponents and experts of that new frontier from across 13 companies no less. And of course our illustrious leader Markus features in said AI Special - where the allocated subject was ’Using AI for new product development". Which actually really neatly dovetails into our own experiences and expertise.
All these individual insights come from a learning perspective - that others ...
AI-Generated Music is incredibly already coming of age!
So I’ve been spending the last couple of weeks exploring the two current leading AI-Generated Music / Song Platforms - suno.com and www.udio.com.
Chat GPT’s Suno has been around for a while - it’s V3 currently I believe, while Udio - created by 4 former Google DeepMind staffers is currently in Beta and has only been live since April 10th this year.
Each platform is incredibly sophisticated as it generate whole songs - instrumentation, vocals and lyrics wholly automatically - you just ...
PressGazette's Rob Waugh interviews CEO Markus Karlsson on how Affino 9's baked-in AI abilities can help fix the current fragmented Internet
Affino CEO Markus Karlsson highlights the current Internet challenges for publishers - and how Affino 9 and Generative AI can provide useful solutions to making the most of the evolving opportunities.
Rob Waugh’s ’Publishing on the open web is broken, how generative AI could help fix it’ article / feature - lists out several of today’s problem areas concerning the current state of the Internet, and how that’s impacting on Publishers in particular.
He then sets out to discover what ...
The Next Phase of AI sees an arms race for Large Action Models (LAMs) and LLM Automation
Nowadays it’s the mobile phone which acts primarily as your digital personal assistant - through a range of helpful bots like Alexa, Google Assistant and Siri. While these bots are to an extent vocally interactive - they are really just scraping the surface when it comes to handling our personal and professional tasks and routines.
Using mobile devices as digital personal assistants, alongside the current generation of AI apps is a start on the journey towards being the digital equivalent ...
Affino Congratulates PPA Independent Publisher Awards Winners, and thanks all who attended our Next Generation AI Experience Roundtables
Team Affino loves participating at the PPA Independent Publisher Conference and Awards, and we extend a legacy which started around a decade ago. Two of our finest were in attendance on the day - CEO Markus Karlsson and Product Director Quang Luong - note to organisers - that phonetically it’s pronounced ’kwang loo-ong’!
Special Congratulations to Fire Safety Matters / Western Business Media who carried the award for our sponsored ’Business Publication of the Year’ category. Quang was ...
Affino Innovation Briefing 2023 Materials and Resources Now Live on the Site
The Affino Team had wonderful day out in King’s Cross at our new Event Venue for this year - the St Pancras Meeting Rooms. We hope all that managed to make it on the day had a properly eye-opening and suitably edutaining time! I personally was wowed by all the AI Co-Pilot and Generative Assistance abilities forthcoming. And I’ve been dabbling a little on the Midjourney and Photoshop AI side myself!
It seems that every year the video file sizes get bigger and bigger - and it took two very ...
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Rory Brown, CMO & Co-Founder, AgriBriefing
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Nolan O'Connor, Marketing Director, SmartCitiesWorld
"Whilst we have always been able to see which articles have been the most popular, the new Article Report functionality allows us to instantly see which types of audiences are reading a particular article without setting up conversion events. To retrospectively interrogate this data has been a godsend and has given us a more detailed view of audience engagement with absolute ease."
Andrew Cadman, CTO, AgriBriefing
"Working with Affino has been instrumental in creating the very best environment for us to engage fully with our readership.”
Bertel Ólafsson, Cargo Solutions Manager, Icelandair Cargo
"Icelandair Cargo has been with Affino since 2005. Our internal customer web based on the Affino platform is well received and widely used by our customers and interacts via webservices with our Cargo Systems. The web has been upgraded throughout the years both technically and with more functionality added. Affino always delivers professionally and as promised."
Rupert Wilson, Head of Research, Who’s Who Legal
"We worked with Affino for almost two years on a major website build and platform migration. It was an extremely complex project involving many bespoke elements. Affino were thoroughly responsive and communicated well throughout and their team were friendly and willing to help us achieve our ambitious goals. We’re very pleased with the modern and professional look and feel of the new website and users have been similarly impressed. Several of the bespoke elements added to the database platform have enhanced our ability to analyse our data and the platform works smoothly and reliably. Affino’s work has helped us to scale up our operations as well as grow and strengthen our brand."
Martin Hilditch, Editor, Inside Housing
"A very easy to use and highly functional experience, the new site looks fantastic - we've ended up with a great final product after a really positive and smooth running operation. Affino's support was highly responsive and always there when we needed it. And it was heartening to be on the receiving end of so much positivity from the readership"
Rósant Guðmundsson, Rarik (Iceland State Electricity) Head of PR and Marketing
"Affino always delivers on budget and on time!"
Stephen Day, IT Manager, Wyvex Media
"Setting up AI with Markus and Chris was simple and gave me a clear understanding of how the Affino system works. Within hours, it was giving good answers and even generating its own questions within articles. It’s a game-changer for site search, helping users find valuable content that might otherwise be missed. A big plus is that the AI only uses our own content, so we know exactly what it's working with."
"I really appreciated the care Affino gave throughout the rollout. Going live can feel intense with the pace and adjustments needed, but if you stay the course, it’s absolutely worth it."
Janice Johnston, Commercial Manager, Fish Farmer [Wyvex Media]
"Having a virtual trainer on hand through Affino’s AI support has been invaluable. It’s helped me learn fast, with instant, clear answers to any question. And when the AI can’t assist, the Affino team is always quick to step in and guide me through."
Simon Hassell, Commercial Director, The Stage
"Having all content and e-commerce functionality on one platform is proving highly successful. For the reader, they have a better all-round experience and more immersive engagement, where they never need to re-enter details already provided at registration."
Nick Swift, CEO, Humanity Direct
"We're Very, Very, Very, Very Happy with our Branding and Website and really appreciate how it just all works super smoothly and efficiently all of the time."
James Harley, Head of Marketing and Business Development, Drewry
"Affino worked with Drewry to deliver on an uncompromising and complex brief - which covered responsive CMS, fully integrated CRM, messaging, product fulfilment and subscription management. We have been impressed with the solution which has helped transform our approach to marketing and business development."
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"Affino worked with TTG to deliver its new responsive-design digital business. The new solution gives TTG a more dynamic edge in an increasingly competitive environment."
Rory Brown, CMO & Co-Founder, AgriBriefing
"Affino worked with Briefing Media to deliver the new responsive-design FG-Insight digital business. The forward evolution of Farmers Guardian matches the increasingly important role technology plays in modern farming."
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