Monday 28 was the ‘official’ return to work for everyone and, despite a very hot summer, the technology sector did not go on holiday. Here are a few notes and a summary of the main announcements of the last few weeks
There was no shortage of news in the summer of 2023, especially around artificial intelligence. Beyond the chasing announcements of new applications (in medicine, cancer diagnostics, infrastructure management, etc.), the most debated topic has been creativity, and above all the value of human work, which in many cases cannot be replicated by algorithms. On the one hand, we read about Stephen King, in the essay published by The Atlantic: if in his opinion AI is inescapable, and therefore useless to think of stopping it, it is also similar to the fake money used in films: ‘credible at first glance but unconvincing – and not useful we would add – once inspected’. On the other, we have observed the New York Times block ChatGPT, which will no longer be able to use its articles to train algorithms, and there are rumours of a lawsuit against the Open AI developers for materials it has already acquired in the past without asking or paying, in defiance of copyright. If the NYT wins its copyright lawsuit, AIs would have to start their learning journey from scratch, ignoring protected materials… although the lawsuit could take years and scenarios could change radically in the meantime.
In the meantime, the news from the Integrated Systems industry hasn’t stopped either, so with this first newsletter after the summer break we thought to put together a summary of the main industry news that came out over the summer, or that had not found a place in previous newsletters. Happy reading, and see you next Wednesday with lots of news and announcements for the coming season.
