Since March 2020, Airmic has been issuing Friday Reading, a curated series of readings and knowledge resources sent by email to Airmic members. The objective of Airmic Friday Reading was initially to keep members informed during the Covid-19 pandemic. Today, Airmic Friday Reading has evolved in scope to include content on a wide range of subjects with each email edition following a theme. This page is a searchable archive of all the readings and knowledge resources that have been shared.
Friday Reading Edition 222 (18th October 2024)
The fields of AI and robotics have made rapid advancements in recent years. AI in particular has powered much of the growth in equity markets and we believe that we are only at the beginning of the opportunity.
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Friday Reading Edition 222 (18th October 2024)
Tech companies are reporting increased emissions due to running the data centres that power AI. But AI tools can also help facilitate the energy transition.
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Friday Reading Edition 222 (18th October 2024)
AI adoption by companies is gathering pace, but initial use cases naturally tend to focus on optimization and efficiencies around internal use cases instead of novel AI-enabled products, services, and business models. We use examples from a range of industries, exploring why companies should ensure they are positioned to seize long-term, revolutionary, and client-centric AI opportunities.
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Friday Reading Edition 222 (18th October 2024)
AI is playing an increasingly influential role in the healthcare sector, helping to improve diagnosis, streamline and improve processes, enhance patient care, create efficiencies in data sharing and, critically, save more lives. As the technology continues to advance, the opportunities are vast.
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Friday Reading Edition 219 (27th September 2024)
Climate change impacts our economic and societal systems, for example extreme weather events pose a risk to essential services, Customers will have to accept a reduction in the availability of infrastructure, without further investment in increasingly costly maintenance and adaptation.
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Friday Reading Edition 219 (27th September 2024)
The faster the climate changes and the longer adaptation efforts are put off, the more difficult and expensive responding to climate change will be.
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What is governance? Text
Friday Reading Edition 217 (13th September 2024)
There is no one universal system of governance. Instead, governance principles are supported by laws and regulations and are used by organisations to define how the board and management should operate.
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Friday Reading Edition 216 (6th September 2024)
While companies scramble to address their resiliency issues, senior leaders should be thinking further ahead.
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Friday Reading Edition 216 (6th September 2024)
At no other point has the cyber insurance market experienced the current mix of conditions: a heightened threat landscape combined with a stable insurance market underpinned by robust risk controls.
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Friday Reading Edition 216 (6th September 2024)
From ransomware identification, user awareness and business continuity planning to backups: What does good IT security look like? A checklist with recommendations.
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