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AI TECHNOLOGY COMES TO PROPERTY VALUATIONS HOMEMOVE LAUNCHES “HOMER” AI TOOL TO FIND OUT WHAT HOUSES ARE REALLY WORTH

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NORWICH, England, Sept. 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Pioneering proptech home-moving platform Homemove, today launched its groundbreaking AI BETA valuation tool “Homer” and revealed that the average online property valuations are off by 13% – an average of £70,000 in London and £38,000 in the rest of the UK.

Homer harnesses the power of visual AI using image recognition and optical analysis to give the most accurate online property valuations available, unlike websites that can share property estimates which are off.
Homer uses over 20 data points and then visually analyses key property features from user uploaded images. It scans for structural damage, clutter, untidy rooms, and outdated interiors. Beyond simple data-driven estimates, this visual inspection captures the nuances of a home’s value, giving sellers a more comprehensive understanding of its real worth. Added to a data-driven price estimate, this visual inspection offers sellers the opportunity to find out what their home is really worth.
Developed to tackle the issues many face in an increasingly difficult to navigate housing market, Homer can harness everything from last sold prices to extensions and energy ratings and help sellers understand how they can attract more buyers.
Considerations that the Homer AI tool works to when looking at property images includes:
Poor Maintenance: Overgrown landscaping, chipped or peeling paint, broken windows, rusted gutters, and visible mould/mildew can be indications of neglect. These visual clues might suggest to potential buyers that the house may have other, unseen issues due to lack of care.Outdated Interiors: Dated wallpaper, old cabinetry, ancient appliances, worn-out carpets, and outdated bathroom fixtures can all make a home appear out of touch with current market preferences. Homes with updated interiors often command higher prices.Clutter and Messiness: While this is more about presentation than the house itself, photographs that show cluttered, messy rooms can make spaces appear smaller and less appealing. A clean, well-staged home is more attractive to potential buyers and can affect the perceived value.The research went on to show that 18% of online valuations were overestimated, 7% were  underestimated and a quarter of prices were out by more than 10%.
Nearly 1 in 7 of us are seeing our properties overvalued or undervalued by 20% or an average of £56,000.For 3% of properties, the online valuations were off by more than £200,000 from the actual listing priceHomer’s AI technology aims to enhance the valuable work of estate agents, by providing preliminary assessments and then connecting customers with professionals to guide them through the process.
James Freestone, COO and Co-Founder of Homemove said “Homer serves as a bridge, linking customers with human estate agents. Visual inspections remain vital in real estate, revealing clues that shape property value. With Homer, this takes these insights to a new level, analysing visual features in photographs to make even more accurate predictions.”
“We are really excited to embrace technology’s power and imagine a better world of property valuation that puts human insight and expertise at its core.”
Homemove is an easy to use property platform which aims to connect millions of home movers with the best rated service providers to take the stress out of the moving process.
Homer is designed to link customers with local estate agents who can provide an appropriate and accurate valuation, building trust and fostering a more informed, satisfying experience for buyers and sellers.
Louis O’Connell-Bristow CEO and Co-Founder of Homemove added “For those looking to sell, understanding Homer’s  insights means they can stage or modify their homes to appeal to the widest range of potential buyers, potentially speeding up the sales process and securing a better price.”
“Knowledge is power. By providing these insights to regular people, they can negotiate sales or purchases with more confidence, knowing they’re backed by data-driven insights. In essence, our platform’s analytics not only decode the world of property design and valuation but empower everyday homeowners to optimise their spaces and investments in the most rewarding ways.”
Homemove connects over 500 of the UK’s best estate agents with thousands of customers seeking valuations across the UK. Trusted estate agents already on our platform will benefit from Homer for free; a website plugin will also be provided at no cost to these estate agents upon request.
Notes to editors:
Research conducted by Homemove comparing major online valuation tools using a range of property listings in September 2023.
For more information and to test the tool visit www.homemove.com.
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About Homemove:
Homemove is the UK’s leading proptech innovator, revolutionising the home moving experience for individuals and families nationwide. With a commitment to simplifying and enhancing the moving process, Homemove connects users with a comprehensive network of trusted service providers and offers cutting-edge tools like “Homer,” our beta valuation tool.
Our approach combines technology’s power with human insight, ensuring that every move is not just a transaction but a seamless, personalised journey. As a pioneer in the industry, Homemove isn’t just about moving homes; it’s about redefining the way people experience one of life’s most significant transitions. For more information, please visit www.homemove.com
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Censys Introduces the Ground Truth for Internet Intelligence – The Censys Internet Map

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Powering Censys’ Internet Intelligence Platform, the Internet Map provides critical insights to identify, understand and mitigate threats
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Sept. 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Today, Censys, the leading Internet Intelligence Platform for threat hunting and exposure management, announced the Censys Internet Map. As the data foundation that powers the Censys Internet Intelligence Platform, the Censys Internet Map provides users with the most comprehensive, up-to-date collection of global internet infrastructure to empower security and intelligence teams.

In today’s threat landscape, enterprises cannot rely on “good enough” data to defend their organization. Security teams require comprehensive and accurate data to serve as the center for their security solutions – external attack surface management, vulnerability management, zero-trust, and threat detection, investigation, and response – all rely on exposure management data to protect organizations.
The Censys Internet Map offers the fastest discovery and best coverage of internet hosts and services. Through comprehensive scans of the top 100+ ports and proprietary ML-based discovery of services across 65k ports, it reduces false positives by 70%, improving security teams’ ability to successfully map and defend. With the most complete and up-to-date index of hosts and services on the internet, the Censys Internet Map provides users with the three C’s: Coverage, Context and Connections, which are imperative to an organization’s security posture.
“The organizations we work with face growing challenges that make security insights and threat intelligence critically important to delivering on their mission,” commented Mike Riordan, CEO of RavenTek. “Through the powerful capabilities of Censys solutions powered by their Internet Map, our clients are better able to stay ahead of emerging risks, proactively defend their organization, and quickly make data-informed decisions.”
With the widest depth of internet scanning coverage available, the Censys Internet Map scans 45x more services than competitors. This coverage is enriched with detailed context to identify host types, understand how assets are connected and configured, empowering security teams and threat hunters to identify patterns and trends.
“Censys is the only vendor providing this level of detailed visibility and running daily scans to help organizations eliminate false positives and stale data,” said Zakir Durumeric, Co-Founder and Chief Scientist at Censys. “Our intelligence provides threat analysts and security teams with more details to conduct investigations, understand, and block threats – ultimately reducing the risk and impact of a breach. We’re proud that our industry-leading data provides the most complete and up-to-date index of the internet, and are excited to expand this offering for even more users this year.”
To learn more about the Censys Internet Map and its approach to intelligence data and visibility, visit: https://censys.com/internet-map/.
About CensysCensys, Inc.™ is the leading Internet Intelligence Platform for Threat Hunting and Exposure Management. Founded in 2017 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Censys gives organizations the world’s most comprehensive real-time view of global networks and devices. Customers like Google, Cisco, Microsoft, Samsung, Swiss Armed Forces, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency, and over 51% of the Fortune 500 rely on the company’s Exposure Management solution for a real-time, contextualized view into their internet and cloud assets. At Censys, you can be yourself. We like it that way. Diversity fuels our mission, and we are committed to inclusion across race, gender, age and identity. To learn more, visit censys.com and follow Censys on Twitter.
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Onfido Featured as a Market Leader in Liminal’s Link Index Report for Account Opening in Financial Services

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SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Onfido, the global automated identity verification provider, has been recognized as a market leader in Liminal’s highly anticipated Link™Index Report for Account Opening in Financial Services.

The Link Index analyzed over 150 companies claiming to solve Account Opening (AO) in Financial Services and found that only 32 total vendors (21% of the market) have the necessary product capabilities to satisfy buyer demands.  Of these 32 companies, Liminal positioned Onfido as a leading vendor alongside partners Experian and TransUnion (p.11), acknowledged for delivering comprehensive solutions in compliance and fraud prevention for account opening. The report also highlighted that 20% of buyers are actively looking to switch to a better AO vendor.
Download the full report and sign up for the webinar with Liminal examining the latest developments in account openings for financial services.
Fraud prevention and compliance are top of mind for buyers when weighing new solutions. By the end of 2023, it is estimated that $2.2B will be lost to AO fraud from synthetic identities, and with increasing regulation, AML fines are only set to increase from their high of $5B issued last year.*
Onfido was acknowledged as a leader on Liminal’s matrix, scored by Market Presence and Product Execution. Onfido achieved a positive global market presence score of 4.3/5 and a product execution score of 72%, closest to TransUnion, an Onfido partner. Onfido was also noted as a leader in the AO space by 44.9% of respondents and was a recognized brand by over half of buyers, solidifying Onfido as a top company in both these categories. And thanks to its dedicated customer success team, Onfido’s customer satisfaction score was 60.4%, making it a top ten vendor in this category.
“The financial services sector is undergoing a transformative shift in account opening practices, necessitating robust security measures that seamlessly integrate with user experience while adhering to rigorous regulatory requirements,” said Travis Jarae, founder and CEO at Liminal. “Onfido’s Real Identity Platform addresses these challenges, ensuring a streamlined “Know Your Customer” (KYC) and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) compliance process during customer onboarding, while ensuring best-in-class fraud prevention.”
The Onfido Real Identity Platform is designed to secure trust between organizations and their customers throughout the customer lifecycle journey. It automatically verifies a customer’s identity using a smart combination of award-winning document and biometric verification, trusted data sources, and passive fraud signals. Hailed by companies like Adyen, EE (BT), Bunq, DocuSign, Revolut and Remitly, Onfido helps global companies reduce friction and accelerate onboarding for customers with purpose-built features and its Smart Capture SDK, while providing companies the flexibility and freedom to scale with Onfido Studio, the no-code mission control for identity verification.
“Our recognition in Liminal’s Link Index Report underscores Onfido’s commitment to transforming the financial services landscape,” said Mike Tuchen, CEO of Onfido. “Our identity platform empowers financial institutions to more easily navigate complex regulations on a global and regional level while stopping fraudsters and ensuring the best possible user experience.”
This news comes on the heels of other market recognition from Frost & Sullivan, awarding Onfido 2023 Fraud Detection and Prevention Company of the Year,  picking up 7 leader badges in G2’s 2023 Fall Reports, as well as a Strong Performer in Forrester’s Q4 2022 Wave for Identity Verification Solutions.
About Onfido Onfido makes digital identity simple. The company makes it easy for people to access services by digitally verifying them using its Real Identity Platform. The platform allows businesses to tailor verification methods to individual user and market needs in a no-code, orchestration layer – combining the right mix of document and biometric verifications, trusted data sources, and passive fraud signals to meet their risk, friction and regulatory requirements. Partnering with over 1,100 businesses globally, Onfido helps millions of people access services every day – from billion-dollar institutions to hyper growth start-ups.www.onfido.comwww.linkedin.com/company/onfido/www.twitter.com/onfido
About LiminalLiminal is a market intelligence and strategic advisory firm serving digital identity, fintech, cybersecurity solution providers, and the private equity and venture capital community. Since 2016, Liminal has provided strategy and analytical services that support executive decision-making at all product or business lifecycle stages. We advise some of the world’s most prominent and innovative business leaders, investors, and government officials on building, buying, and investing in the next generation of digital identity solutions and technologies. Learn more at www.liminal.co and follow news and updates from Liminal on LinkedIn or subscribe to their weekly newsletter.
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Infosys collaborates with Microsoft to accelerate and democratize industry-wide adoption of generative AI

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Both companies will help enterprises take an AI-first approach to scale next-generation AI solutions to improve operational efficiencies, drive revenue growth, and enable business transformation
BENGALURU, India, Sept. 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Infosys (NSE: INFY), (BSE: INFY), (NYSE: INFY), a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting, today announced that it is collaborating with Microsoft to jointly develop industry leading solutions that leverage Infosys Topaz, Azure OpenAI Service and Azure Cognitive Services. Both organizations are bringing together their respective artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities to enhance enterprise functions with AI-enabled solutions across multiple industries. The integrated solutions will accelerate rapid democratization of data and intelligence that will help businesses increase productivity and drive new revenue growth.

Generative AI has opened new avenues of AI applications and key enterprise functions across industries, and Infosys is providing services, frameworks, solutions, and platforms in multiple application areas, such as semantic search, document summarization, contact center transformation, AI-augmented software development lifecycle (SDLC) and marketing content creation. For example, Infosys helped a leading financial services company implement an AI-based solution to generate document summaries and provide a semantic search capability using generative AI. This resulted in automated organization of documents, which significantly reduced efforts and improved productivity of their financial advisors.
Through the collaboration with Microsoft, Infosys Topaz is using Azure OpenAI Service and Azure Cognitive Services to augment its capabilities, in order to help enterprise customers transition from digital to AI solutions. The integrated solutions will boost customers’ operational efficiency, decrease turn-around-time, future-proof investments, and open new business models.
Balakrishna D. R. (Bali), Executive Vice President and Global Head – AI and Automation, Application Development & Maintenance, Infosys, said, “Infosys Topaz is empowering businesses with improved operational efficiencies and reduced time-to-market for launching new products and services. It converges the power of Infosys Cobalt and data analytics to AI-power business and deliver cognitive solutions and intuitive experiences that revitalize growth. Through our strategic collaboration with Microsoft, we will continue to lead the generative AI revolution, helping businesses amplify human potential and navigate their next towards becoming AI-first enterprises.”
Nicole Dezen, Chief Partner Officer, Microsoft Corp, said, “We’re pleased to expand our collaboration with Infosys to deliver innovative solutions, utilizing Azure OpenAI Service and Azure Cognitive Services, that will help customers develop new business models, and realize new revenue streams. By harnessing the power of generative AI, Infosys will help customers accelerate growth and innovation.”
About Infosys
Infosys is a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting. Over 300,000 of our people work to amplify human potential and create the next opportunity for people, businesses and communities. We enable clients in more than 56 countries to navigate their digital transformation. With over four decades of experience in managing the systems and workings of global enterprises, we expertly steer clients, as they navigate their digital transformation powered by cloud and AI. We enable them with an AI-first core, empower the business with agile digital at scale and drive continuous improvement with always-on learning through the transfer of digital skills, expertise, and ideas from our innovation ecosystem. We are deeply committed to being a well-governed, environmentally sustainable organization where diverse talent thrives in an inclusive workplace.
Visit www.infosys.com to see how Infosys (NSE, BSE, NYSE: INFY) can help your enterprise navigate your next.
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