{n}.bora’s Top Articles: 3rd April
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Business:
- Drawing on engagements with over 150 futurists, this article from Boston Consulting Group looks at how work patterns may develop over the next 50 years:
https://www.bcg.com/publications/2024/foreseeing-future-work-opportunities
Technology:
- The UK, US and New Zealand have accused China of an extensive cyber-espionage campaign. This Guardian article provides an explainer for this:
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/mar/26/china-cyber-attack-uk-us-explained-hack-apt-31 - This article from the LSE Business Review explains the idea of the ‘laggards lock’ or where new technology is used in the same way as old tech, preventing it from reaching its full potential:
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessreview/2024/03/18/the-laggards-lock-keeps-us-from-using-technology-to-its-full-potential/
Advice:
- This Entrepreneur article looks at the benefits of SEO for small businesses:
https://www.entrepreneur.com/growing-a-business/is-seo-worth-it-for-small-businesses/470804
AI:
- This article from AI News reports on the AI resolution that has been passed by the UN General Assembly:
https://www.artificialintelligence-news.com/2024/03/22/un-passes-first-global-ai-resolution/ - Based on interviews with leading AI experts, this article from the World Economic Forum looks at some of the biggest breakthroughs in this technology and what developments will likely follow:
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2024/03/ai-pioneers-breakthroughs-whats-next/
Something Great:
- This article from the Next Web looks at an AI model which aims at predicting and preventing workplace accidents before they happen:
https://thenextweb.com/news/buddywise-ai-startup-spots-workplace-accidents
First published by {n}.bora April 03, 2024
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