Governance
Top tech news stories today: July 22, 2024
From the Microsoft-CrowdStrike outage to OpenAI’s new model features, here are today’s top tech stories you need to know.
Headline
From the Microsoft-CrowdStrike outage to OpenAI’s new model features, here are today’s top tech stories you need to know.
Context
At ITU’s AI for Good Global Summit, government leaders, policymakers, researchers, and technologists from developed and developing countries came together at the first-ever “AI Governance Day – From Principles to Implementation” on 29 May 2024. ( ITU ) The unqualified audit opinion in the IETF LLC 2023 audited financial statement presented to the board indicates that the IETF LLC financial statements were fairly and appropriately presented, without any identified exceptions, and in compliance with the generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). This is an excellent result and reflects the significant operational effort put into managing our finances and the strong board oversight of that work. A sound financial operation provides a solid foundation for the work of the IETF. ( IETF )
Evidence
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Analysis
Tesla halted some production lines in Texas and Nevada due to the global IT outage, Business Insider reported on Friday, citing sources familiar with the matter. ( Business Insider ) Japan’s largest banking group Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) will cut the pay of its CEO and five other executives following the breaching of “firewall” regulations at its banking and securities arms, it said on Friday. ( Economic Times ) Microsoft has released a recovery tool that’s designed to help IT admins repair Windows machines that were impacted by CrowdStrike’s faulty update that crashed 8.5 million Windows devices on Friday. The tool creates a bootable USB drive that IT admins can use to help quickly recover impacted machines. ( The Verge ) Intel Corp. veteran Lisa Spelman will become chief executive officer of Cornelis Networks, a startup spun off from the chipmaker in 2020 that aims to capitalize on the AI boom. ( Bloomberg )
Key Points
- Internet governance
- 1. Key findings on the state of global AI governance
- 2. IETF Administration LLC 2023 annual financial audit
- IT infrastructure
- 3. Tesla halted some production lines due to global IT outage, Business Insider reports
Actions
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