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Via LLRX – What Does It Mean to Be a Competent Lawyer in the Age of AI? – Berkeley Law recently announced a new artificial intelligence policy that prohibits AI use for any purpose in any exam situation. The University of Chicago Law School has banned first year law students from using electronic devices – laptops, tablets …
The New York Times Gift Article: “More than 60 percent of Google searches in the United States now end without the user clicking on a link. We type a question, read an artificial-intelligence-generated summary of the results and leave with our answer. Google is hardly alone. Claude, ChatGPT and upstart competitors like Perplexity do roughly …
Quartz: “Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Thursday put a price tag on the Trump administration’s dismantling of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau — $26.5 billion — releasing a report that traces most of that sum to the elimination of two Biden-era rules limiting bank fees. The report, [Title: The Higher Price of Gutting the CFPB Subtitle: …
Via Hong Qu – “Court Listener from the Free Law Project is a handy way of gathering info about court cases. You can ask for records related to Elon Musk’s recent testimony without paying for a legal research service. Get started: Use the Court Listener MCP guide for free with Claude or ChatGPT. First set …
The Verge: “It follows Republican outrage over Mamdani offering the same heatwave advice as everyone else. The US Department of Energy reportedly deleted about 6,000 pages related to energy conservation as a historic heatwave tears across the country. The deletion was suspiciously timed, following Republican outrage over Mayor Zohran Mamdani asking New Yorkers to help …
Via LLRX – Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, July 18, 2026 – Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, finance, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly …
The New York Times Gift Article: “Known for tracking California wildfires, Watch Duty is moving beyond that mission. Millions of people are turning to it for help…The mapping and forecasting provided by this app, Watch Duty, are quickly becoming indispensable for emergency authorities, utility crews and residents in parts of the country that, until recently, …
We updated the U.S. Map of Copyright Suits v. AI Companies. The new total = 128. We added 13 new cases since mid June’s map. Apress Media v. WeLib Hirschberger v. Narayen* Shakespeare v. Anthropic PBC Das v. Meta, Google, OpenAI, X S.A. Jamendo v. NVIDIA Richner Communications v. Microsoft S.A. Jamendo v. Suno Inc. …
In the this is just nuts category – PetaPixel: “Picture this: you’re photographing in the middle of the night, it’s dark, and you desperately need light. So, you whip out your phone, open an app, pay some money, and boom, night becomes day thanks to a satellite in the sky that is now reflecting sunlight …
RIFTLY: and What That Says About How Memory Actually Works – “You’re standing in the kitchen, trying to remember whether you need tinned tomatoes. Your phone is in your pocket, loaded with a shopping list app that syncs across devices, sorts by aisle, and checks items off with a satisfying animation. You ignore it. You …
Scientific American – Here’s how to read the Air Quality Index and protect yourself from unhealthy air – “The color-coded Air Quality Index categories you’ll find on the Environmental Protection Agency’s AirNow website rank air quality on a 500-point scale and are meant to give the public an easy way to understand the health effects of …
404 Media: “Police departments around the country have used Flock cameras at least hundreds of times to search for specific people, not cars, using searches such as “heavy-set male with a black and white hat,” “person on skateboard,” and “person wearing orange vest and construction hat,” according to data reviewed by 404 Media. Sometimes searches …