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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.

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McKinsey & Co , 16th January 2024
Friday Reading Edition 185 (19th January 2024)
Generative AI (gen AI) is developing faster than ever—and it stands to have a profound impact on how we live and work. But business leaders are still grappling with how and where to use gen AI most effectively, and how to ensure the applications are fully adopted and scaled within their organisations.
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Airmic, 19th June 2023
Friday Reading Edition 183 (15th December 2023)
Artificial intelligence (AI) can help equip risk professionals to bring greater value to their organisations as strategic enablers. As fears of ethical and other risks around AI grow, it will reinforce the need for human decision making and oversight.
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UK Government, 1st November 2023
Friday Reading Edition 177 (3rd November 2023)
Leading AI nations have reached a world-first agreement at Bletchley Park establishing a shared understanding of the opportunities and risks posed by frontier AI.
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The White House, 30th October 2023
Friday Reading Edition 177 (3rd November 2023)
On the eve of the UK’s AI summit, US President Joe Biden issued an executive order creating new safety and security standards for AI, including a requirement for some AI companies to share safety test results with the US government.
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WTW, 30th September 2023
Friday Reading Edition 177 (3rd November 2023)
Leveraging the power of generative AI can help organisations shape products and services and bring about transformative innovation.
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World Economic Forum, 20th September 2023
Friday Reading Edition 177 (3rd November 2023)
Generative AI has the capacity to enhance job quality and foster job growth if managed responsibly. Experts explain how generative AI’s potential can be harnessed.
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McKinsey, 12th May 2022
Friday Reading Edition 165 (11th August 2023)
Successful digital transformations may not be as elusive as you think. The best CEOs know up front what success looks like—and what stands in their way.
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McKinsey & Co, 5th December 2023
Generative AI is evolving at record speed while CEOs are still learning the technology’s business value and risks. Here, we offer some of the generative AI essentials.
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BBC, 7th October 2023
In this guide, we'll venture beyond chatbots to discover various species of AI - and see how these strange new digital creatures are already playing a part in our lives.
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Harvard Business Review, 26th May 2023
Leaders should focus less on automation and more on innovation. Using AI to ask better questions and be more innovative would push leaders out of their comfort zones and into the position of being intellectually wrong, emotionally uncomfortable, and behaviorally quiet and more reflective, all of which promotes innovative thinking and action.
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