McKinsey Report, July 26, 2023 Generative AI and the future of work in America During the pandemic (2019–22), the US labor market saw 8.6 million occupational shifts, 50 percent more than in the previous three-year period. Most involved people leaving food services, in-person sales, and office support for different occupations. By 2030, activities that account… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: July 2023
Law Library’s New Report Reviews Foreign Ownership of Land Restriction in Major Economies
In Custodia Legis: “Our new report, Restrictions on Land Ownership by Foreigners in Selected Jurisdictions, is available on law.gov. The report includes individual surveys of 39 jurisdictions with high gross domestic products. It includes a chart, a map, and a diagram to easily observe the results of individual reports. We found that five countries, namely… Continue Reading
SEC is giving companies four days to report cyberattacks
Quartz: “The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) wants public companies to be more transparent and forthcoming about “material cybersecurity incidents,” the federal agency said yesterday (July 26). Its new rules, passed by a 3-2 vote, dictate companies must disclose details of incidents and their effect on the bottomline in a section of the Form… Continue Reading
‘A certain danger lurks there’: how the inventor of the first chatbot turned against AI
The Guardian: “In 1966, an MIT professor named Joseph Weizenbaum created the first chatbot. He cast it in the role of a psychotherapist. A user would type a message on an electric typewriter connected to a mainframe. After a moment, the “psychotherapist” would reply. User: Men are all alike. Chatbot: IN WHAT WAY User: They’re… Continue Reading
The excellent Arc browser is now available for anyone to download
The Verge: “Arc, the Mac and iOS browser from The Browser Company, is finally ditching its waitlist. The company has been testing the app for more than two years and has, until now, made every interested user sign up for a waitlist. But now, it’s launching for real. Arc’s version number just jumped to 1.0,… Continue Reading
ChatGPT is not a search engine
Fortune: “Here’s why you should think of it as a ‘glider’ to get better results, says engineer with Harvard PhD in neuroscience. ChatGPT has exploded in popularity, and people are using it to write articles and essays, generate marketing copy and computer code, or simply as a learning or research tool. However, most people don’t… Continue Reading
New Tool Shows if Your Car Might Be Tracking You, Selling Your Data
Vice: “A new tool that is free to use for consumers aims to better inform people about the types of data their particular car manufacturer might be collecting and sharing about their identity and driving patterns. The Vehicle Privacy Report tool, made by automotive privacy company Privacy4Cars, is based on a manual and automatic analysis… Continue Reading
AI, algorithmic, and automation incidents and controversies
“The AIAAIC Repository details 1,000+ incidents and controversies driven by or relating to AI, algorithms, and automation. Entries on this page are listed by the year added to the repository. The repository can be searched by using the search bar accessible at the top right of every page of this website. The AIAAIC Repository is… Continue Reading
People are using Google Maps to cut down tailpipe pollution
The Verge: “Drivers are taking Google Maps’ advice for how to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from their trips, according to the company. In late 2021, Google debuted a feature in Google Maps that allows users to see the most fuel-efficient routes. The feature has since helped prevent around 1.2 million metric tons of planet-heating carbon… Continue Reading
College ‘Email for Life’ at Risk for Many
Inside Higher Education: “…Many universities have offered an “email for life” option over the last decade, comforting students by providing a directory and archive of materials stored on their email over the years. But institutions are now grappling with how to keep that perk for students because of a Google change to its approach to… Continue Reading
Absolutist AI
Absolutist AI – Mitchell Barrington, arXiv:2307.10315 [cs.AI]: “This paper argues that training AI systems with absolute constraints — which forbid certain acts irrespective of the amount of value they might produce — may make considerable progress on many AI safety problems in principle. First, it provides a guardrail for avoiding the very worst outcomes of… Continue Reading
Twitter Becomes X – TikTok Talks Text and E-commerce
TikTok Newsroom: “At TikTok, we’re always looking to empower our creators and community with innovative tools that inspire self expression. Today we’re thrilled to announce the expansion of text posts on TikTok, a new format for creating text-based content that broadens options for creators to share their ideas and express their creativity. With text posts,… Continue Reading
