{n}.bora’s Top Articles: 14th August
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Business News:
- This BBC News article reports on rising prices driving decreasing spending power across many regions of the UK:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66436792?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
Technology News:
- This TechCrunch article analyses the Electoral Commission’s statement regarding the data leak involving the data of millions of people:
https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/09/parsing-uk-electoral-commission-cyberattack/
Advice:
- This article from Entrepreneur looks at how small businesses can incorporate online marketing, following one businesses success as it did just that:
https://www.entrepreneur.com/growing-a-business/evolving-a-small-business-with-online-marketing/457262
AI:
- From writing software to optimising SEO, this article from Calendar looks at some of the best alternatives to ChatGPT and their capabilities:
https://www.calendar.com/blog/the-12-best-chatgpt-alternatives-in-2023/ - This WIRED article looks at UK deepfake company Synesthesia, how their tools have contributed to the spread of disinformation, and how they are attempting to combat this:
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/synthesia-ai-deepfakes-it-control-riparbelli
Something Great:
- This TechCrunch article looks at research from Carnegie Mellon University which looks at comparing robots to toddlers to teach them how to learn tasks without programming:
https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/08/human-toddlers-are-inspiring-new-approaches-to-robot-learning/
First published by {n}.bora August 14, 2023
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