Best Practices for Using AI in Legal Research: A Guide for Non-Lawyers
American Association of Law Librarians: “This guide is intended to help you use AI in your legal research effectively and responsibly.”
The Biodiversity Heritage Library
The Guardian: “”Over the past 20 years, more than 64m pages have been made freely available through the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) – a digital treasure trove for fans of the natural world. More than 680 museums, universities, libraries and scientific institutions from China, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand to Europe, Africa, Mexico, Canada and …
ICE’s Internal Watchdog Is Now Investigating Online Critics
Wired: “ICE’s Office of Professional Responsibility [OPR] is supposed to be for internal investigations,” says Gonyea, “and now they’re using their own internal departments on American civilians.” OPR is supposed to act as an internal watchdog. It’s responsible for inspecting detention facilities, investigating allegations of employee and contractor misconduct, and processing security checks for new applicants. …
It’s Not the AI. It’s the Lawyer: We Don’t Have a Hallucination Problem, We Have a Serious Ethics Problem
AI Law Librarians: Charlie Amiot – How We Got Here “Recently I was chatting with a friend from law school who has been a practicing lawyer for seven-plus years and whom I’ve known for 11+ years. I have a great amount of respect for this person’s thoughts and opinions on nearly any subject (admittedly rare …
How to stop ChatGPT from ruining how you think
Washington Post – no paywall: “…People working with AI tend to outperform those without it on tasks well-suited for AI, such as drafting text, synthesizing research and generating ideas. In controlled experiments, researchers have seen massive improvements — at least in the short term. In a 2026 peer-reviewed paper in Organization Science, Ethan Mollick at …
Dismantling Independence: Legal, Compositional and Normative Erosion across Federal Boards and Commissions
Follow up to Supreme Court rules Trump can fire leaders of independent agencies, this article predates the decision and provides insight into the magnitude of consequences that will cascade as as a result: Partnership for Public Service, Chris Piper: “Since returning to office in 2025, President Donald Trump has taken unprecedented steps to consolidate authority …
Trump Goes to War With Smithsonian Museum for Teaching History
The New Republic: “President Trump is once again attacking Smithsonian director Lonnie Bunch and the museum system, the latest development in his “war on wokeness.” “The Smithsonian Institution, and the National Museum of American History in particular, under its current leadership and current interpretive ideology, cannot be trusted to tell America’s story honestly and in …
Climate Shift Index Global Map
Climate Central’s Climate Shift Index Global Map is an interactive map that visualises how climate change is influencing daily temperatures around the world. It displays today’s data, showing which regions are experiencing temperatures that have been made significantly more probable due to climate change….Climate Central is an independent group of scientists and communicators who research …
Private equity’s joint venture takeover of nonprofit healthcare
Private Equity Stakeholder Project: “Behind nonprofit partnerships, private equity firms are building a growing footprint across hospitals, hospice, rehabilitation, and outpatient care. Over the past decade, private equity has dramatically expanded its presence across the healthcare system. While much of the public attention has focused on traditional acquisitions of hospitals, physician practices, nursing homes, and …
Trump Administration’s Continued War Against Science, Research, Public Health and the Rule of Law – Part 10
Trump Administration’s Continued War Against Science, Research, Public Health and the Rule of Law – Part 10. This article is the tenth in a series by Sabrina I. Pacifici focused on the Trump administration’s unrelenting policy of attacking science, healthcare, public health and the rule of law. The cornerstone of this series are topical highlights …
PowerOutage.us
“PowerOutage.us collects, records, and aggregates live power outage data from utilities all over the United States, with the goal to create the single most reliable and complete source of power outage information available. Most states have multiple electric utilities, many small, some big. With these large numbers of companies, it can be hard to get …
AI in Finance and Banking, June 30, 2026
AI in Finance and Banking, June 30, 2026 – This semi-monthly column by Sabrina I. Pacifici highlights news, government documents, NGO/IGO papers, conferences, industry white papers and reports, academic papers and speeches, and central bank actions on the subject of AI’s fast paced impact on the banking and finance sectors. The chronological links provided are to …