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PC Mag: “Opera released an early access developer build of its new, modular Opera One web browser today. Opera One (Opens in a new window) will replace the flagship Opera desktop browser at some point later this year on Windows, macOS, and Linux. It follows a “Modular Design philosophy(Opens in a new window)” and uses …
Banned Book Book Club [via mefi projects “Displays information about a book that has been banned in American schools 2021-2022, alongside a readable preview of most books (on desktop only) and a link to buy it. Reload to see another one.]” See also National Library Week kicks off with the highly anticipated annual list of …
Cookson, J. Anthony and Fox, Corbin and Gil-Bazo, Javier and Imbet, Juan Felipe and Schiller, Christoph, Social Media as a Bank Run Catalyst (April 18, 2023). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4422754 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4422754 “Social media fueled a bank run on Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), and the effects were felt broadly in the U.S. banking industry. We …
One Useful Thing – Ethan Mollick – People often ask me how to use AI. Here’s an overview with lots of links. “We live in an era of practical AI, but many people haven’t yet experienced it, or, if they have, they might have wondered what the big deal is. Thus, this guide. It is …
Via LLRX – Why universities should return to oral exams in the AI and ChatGPT era – As services like ChatGPT continue to grow in terms of both its capabilities and usage – including in education and academia – Professor Stephen Dobson asks, it high time for universities to revert to the time-tested oral exam?
Toussaint, Etienne, The Purpose of Legal Education (March 4, 2023). California Law Review, Vol. 111, No. 1, 2023, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4378424 “When President Donald Trump launched an assault on diversity training, critical race theory, and The 1619 Project in September 2020 as “divisive, un-American propaganda,” many law students were presumably confused. After all, law …
Politico – The Supreme Court justice did not report the identity of the purchaser, whose firm has had numerous cases before the court: “…For nearly two years beginning in 2015, Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch sought a buyer for a 40-acre tract of property he co-owned in rural Granby, Colorado. Nine days after he was …
“62% believe artificial intelligence will have a major impact on jobholders overall in the next 20 years, but far fewer think it will greatly affect them personally. People are generally wary and uncertain of AI being used in hiring and assessing workers. The rapid rise of ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence (AI) systems has prompted …
“Dominion Voting – Legal Updates / Archived site [h/t Ben Amat] – Lies and misinformation have severely damaged our company and diminished the credibility of U.S. elections, subjecting hardworking public officials and Dominion employees to harassment and death threats. Dominion is taking steps to right these wrongs through our judicial system. [snipped] Complaint & Court …
The Atlantic: “Unlike TikTok and Instagram, the photos and reviews on Google Maps haven’t been packaged for your taste or mine…Google Maps’ main purpose is to enable people to get directions and look up businesses. But along the way, it has become a social space too. Sort of. To fill out the world map it …
