Your FS Club Bulletin For:

1 May 2024

(FS.8.06) Robo-advisor

Your News Roundup:
Budget 2024 proposes to provide $50 million over five years, starting 2024-2025, to create the AI Safety Institute of Canada with a view to better understanding and protecting against the risks of advanced and generative AI systems. - "Embracing transformation Budget 2024", Gowling WLG, 21 April 2024.
Throughout the world, farmers add nitrogen fertilisers to their crops to improve yields; plants need nitrogen, and they will grow better if they have the right amount of it. - "Principles of synthetic biology", PubMed Central (PMC), 19 April 2024.
CFC rules, more elaborate definitions of permanent establishment, and CbC reporting requirements all occupy the time and energy of talented people who might better serve the global economy in other roles. - "Impact of BEPS 1.0: International Corporate Taxation", Tax Foundation, 15 April 2024.
Challenges finding enough repair technicians threatens to further stifle demand in the UK, where consumer uptake has stagnated for the better part of two years. - "EV repair costs are so high that minor crashes can total a car", Fortune, 14 April 2024.
Stakeholders stated that the Canadian economy could benefit from the use of current technologies and that greater access to data is required for efficiency, transparency and better decision making. - "Transportation Sector Regulatory Review Roadmap", Transport Canada, 13 April 2024.
The stories of Venezuelan migrants highlight the resilience and determination of individuals who are willing to risk everything for a chance at a better life. - "The number of Venezuelans entering the US illegally has dropped as more find themselves stranded in Mexico", West Observer, 13 April 2024.
The changes to the Accredited Employer Worker Visa scheme have gone into immediate effect, and will mean that New Zealand is better testing the local labor market and reducing the risks of putting New Zealanders out of work. - "New Zealand tightens visa rules in response to 'unsustainable' migration", CNN, 12 April 2024.
The five-year $9.7M Minimising damage of invertebrate pests in canola through a better understanding of the impact of beneficial insects project, also known as Canola Allies, will be led by CSIRO. - "'Beneficials' scoped for ability to control pests in canola", Beef Central, 10 April 2024.
Older planets, originating billions of years ago like Earth, may have better prospects to accumulate enough carbon-rich deposits in their crust, which could facilitate rapid recycling of carbon and nutrients for life. - "April: Global carbon cycle", University of Bristol, 10 April 2024.
In the near future exciting new EU projects powered by HPC systems will come online to make a digital twin of the Earth, which will better simulate and predict environmental and climate-related changes and help decision makers to better plan and cope with impacts. - "Advanced computing", Shaping Europe's digital future, 9 April 2024.
$307 million over 20 years for airborne early warning aircraft that will vastly improve Canada's ability to detect, track, and prioritize airborne threats sooner, ensuring a faster, better coordinated response with the United States when required. - "Our North, Strong and Free: A Renewed Vision for Canada's Defence", Prime Minister of Canada, 9 April 2024.
The Reserve Bank of India is planning to make certain modifications to the Liquidity Coverage Ratio framework to facilitate better management of liquidity risk by banks. - "RBI to modify LCR framework to facilitate better management of liquidity risk by banks", BusinessLine, 8 April 2024.
A recent survey conducted by Tata Consultancy Services found that a majority of futurists worldwide believe that AI has the potential to create a better and more equitable world. - "Experts Predict Positive Impact of AI on the Future of Work", elblog.pl, 7 April 2024.
Zero Trust security will not only modernise the security infrastructure to better stop large-scale attacks and diminish the attack surface but also reduce the administrative burden to accelerate BT customers' infrastructure and security transformation initiatives. - "Zscaler and BT announce partnership to strengthen BT's Managed Security Services", Intelligent CISO, 6 April 2024.
The collaboration with the U.S. represented a significant opportunity and highlighted that the development of the semiconductor industry in Mexico would create better paying jobs. - "US and Mexico announce semiconductor partnership", Mexico News Daily, 6 April 2024.
Companies that want to be successful in the long-term should ensure they do not rely too heavily on unhealthy products and heed the growing consumer demand for healthier food, which will help deliver better health outcomes globally. - "ShareAction", ShareAction, 5 April 2024.
Australia is an incredible option for anyone looking for better job opportunities, a high standard of living, and a high quality of life. - "Australia Top 5 Companies Sponsoring Work Visas in 2024", NewsNowGh, 4 April 2024.
Much of the UK's rail network will grind to a standstill during April and May as train and Tube drivers strike for better pay and conditions. - "Tube and train strikes: Everything you need to know for April and May", The Big Issue, 4 April 2024.
If Apple's research team is correct, ReaLM's context deciphering system will make ReaLM a better option for gleaning information from screenshots and other on-page images like recipes or phone numbers. - "'We show that ReaLM outperforms previous approaches, and performs roughly as well as the state-of-the-art LLM today, GPT-4': Apple throws down the gauntlet with new ReaLM AI on-device model", Yahoo Tech, 4 April 2024.
Countries bordering the North Sea region are working to develop a hub-and-spoke model of offshore wind energy distribution to improve efficiency and better account for variable wind volume, a collaborative process which could provide an important template for other areas around the world. - "North Sea Offshore Wind Development", Global Energy Monitor, 4 April 2024.
A global response will likely focus on leveraging technology for better risk prediction and management, enhancing cross-border cooperation to tackle shared challenges, and fostering a culture of continuous learning and adaptation to manage risks effectively. - "Fractious world: navigating global risks in 2024", Financier Worldwide, 2 April 2024.
Adaptation, which involves changing ecological, social or economic systems to make them better able to weather the risks of climate change, is a critical component of the long-term global response to climate change to protect people, livelihoods and ecosystems. - "Climate adaptation research applied 'in real-time'", phys.org, 2 April 2024.
To provide better treatments, the WHO and Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative by 2025 have formed a non-profit organization called 'Global Antibiotic Research and Development Partnership' to develop new antibiotics that challenge antimicrobial-resistant organisms. - "Antimicrobial Resistance in the Food Chain: Trends, Mechanisms, Pathways, and Possible Regulation Strategies", PubMed Central (PMC), 1 April 2024.

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