{n}.bora’s Top Articles: 18th September

This week’s articles look at interest rates in the Eurozone, ransomware attacks across the UK, and an approach to preventing AI being trained on biased data.

As always, if you want advice and support with any of the topics raised, we will be more than happy to help you.

Business News:

Following similar trends across the world, this BBC News article reports that the ECB has raised Eurozone interest rates to a record high of 4%:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66805855?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA

Technology News:

This Guardian article explains key information relating to the wave of ransomware attacks affecting key UK companies and public bodies:
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/sep/14/who-is-behind-latest-wave-of-ransomware-attacks

Advice:

This article from the Digital Project Manager looks at how to keep projects on track, even when you’re managing multiple projects simultaneously:
https://thedigitalprojectmanager.com/projects/scope-management/how-to-keep-project-on-track/

AI:

Beyond the standard advice of ‘make sure data isn’t biased’, this MIT article discussing the use of AI in medicine proposes approaching AI training data like artefacts, as it is information which have been altered by social and cultural factors which we may not be entirely aware of:
https://news.mit.edu/2023/how-archeological-approach-can-help-leverage-biased-data-ai-improve-medicine-0913

Something Great:

This article from the Next Web looks at a research program looking at using AI and digital twins in the treatment of cancer:
https://thenextweb.com/news/cancer-patient-digital-twins-ai-turbocharge-oncology

First published by {n}.bora September 18, 2023

Image credit: Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash

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