{n}.bora’s Top Articles: 9th October

Articles this week include how venture capitalism has changed since the 1980s, the EU’s first exoscale supercomputer, and algorithmic governance in AI.

As ever, we can provide advice and support on any of the topics raised.

Business:

This article from the Generalist looks at the differences between venture capitalists in the 1980s and now, discussing an article from 1984:
https://www.generalist.com/briefing/what-do-venture-capitalists-do

Technology:

A German-French consortium has won a contract to build the EU’s first exascale supercomputer, or a supercomputer capable of performing a billion billion calculations a second. This article from the Next Web contains some more information:
https://thenextweb.com/news/german-french-consortium-european-exascale-computer-jupiter

Advice:

This article from the Digital Project Manager explains project plans and gives some examples:
https://thedigitalprojectmanager.com/projects/managing-schedules/project-plan-examples/

AI:

This article from the World Economic Forum discusses algorithmic governance, which focuses on governing AI tangible actions rather than the abstract concepts of AI ethics:
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2023/10/ai-companies-algorithmic-governance/

Something Great:

This article from MIT looks at new open source software developed by its fellows which makes websites more accessible:
https://news.mit.edu/2023/improving-accessibility-online-graphics-blind-users-jonathan-zong-1002

First published by {n}.bora October 09, 2023

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