{n}.bora's Top Articles: 31st July
This week’s articles look at rising interest levels in the US, change management and zero-based budgeting, and how large language models may not be as clueless as we think.
If you want advice on any of these topics, get in touch with {n}.bora and we will be more than happy to help.
Business News:
- Last Thursday, the Federal Reserve raised US interest rates to the highest levels in 22 years in an attempt to continue to control inflation, as reported by this BBC News article:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66316710?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
Technology News:
- This article from TechCrunch reports on a joint statement from US and Australian cybersecurity agencies, warning of the dangers of IDOR security flaws and encouraging developers to take these into account:
https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/27/cisa-nsa-australia-idor-flaws/
Advice:
- As well as discussing how they can help, this blog post from IBM looks at zero-based budgeting and provides an overview of its pros and cons:
https://www.ibm.com/blog/what-is-zero-based-budgeting/ - This article from the Digital Project Manager looks at five examples of project managers successfully implementing change management in projects and organisations:
https://thedigitalprojectmanager.com/projects/leadership-team-management/change-management-examples/
AI:
- This BBC News article reports that 7 of the largest AI companies have agreed with the White House to put voluntary safeguards in place:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-66271429?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA - Providing a different perspective from other writing on large language models, this article from the Guardian looks at the reasoning capabilities of AI:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jul/22/caw-blimey-gpt-4-may-be-just-an-ai-language-parrot-but-its-no-birdbrain
Something Great:
- This article from the Next Web reports on a new tool from Ohio which allows customers contribute to tree planting through booking train journeys through the search engine Ecosia:
https://thenextweb.com/news/berlin-tech-companies-join-forces-plant-trees-travel-train?utm_source=social&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=profeed