Monthly archives: July, 2023

Generative AI and the future of work in America

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 …

Subjects: AI, Climate Change, Economy, Environmental Law, Financial System, Legal Research

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 …

Subjects: Government Documents, Legal Research

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 …

Subjects: Cybersecurity, Economy, Financial System, Government Documents, Legal Research, Securities Law

‘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 …

Subjects: AI, Knowledge Management

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 …

Subjects: AI, Internet, Knowledge Management

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 …

Subjects: E-Records, Legal Research, Privacy, Transportation

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 …

Subjects: Climate Change, Environmental Law, Search Engines, Transportation

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 …

Subjects: E-Mail, Education

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 …

Subjects: AI, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Search Engines

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, …

Subjects: E-Commerce, Social Media