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The Verge: “People shopping for electric vehicles, heat pumps, or air conditioning units will see enhanced search results on Google in a series of updates the company hopes will help people live more sustainable, climate-friendly lives. The tech giant revealed the new updates alongside a host of expanded AI tools for people and policymakers to …
The next Help! I’m an Accidental Government Information Librarian webinar is scheduled for October 18 from 3:00-4:00pm (Eastern). Session topic: Reporting on the World of Government Information – a panel presentation from the editors of “Government Information Landscape and Libraries”. Hosted by Jim Church (UC-Berkeley), Kay Cassel (Rutgers University) and Kate Tallman (University of Colorado …
iapp, Simson Garfinkel, CIPP/US: “Features designed to improve privacy and protect children in online services, apps and networked devices also make it easier for abusers to maintain control in abusive relationships. “Ever since caller ID and GPS became part of our lives, we’ve known that digital technologies can be used by abusers to harm or …
Proton Blog: “The last thing you want when showing funny videos or holiday photos on your phone or tablet to friends and family is for them to see your sensitive and private photos. Although there are third-party apps dedicated to hiding your personal photos and videos, such as Vaulty(new window), LockMyPix(new window), and Gallery Vault(new …
IEE Spectrum: “Efforts to make AI open source have become a lightning rod for disagreements about the potential harms of the emerging technology. Last week, protesters gathered outside Meta’s San Francisco offices to protest its policy of publicly releasing its AI models, claiming that the releases represent “irreversible proliferation” of potentially unsafe technology. But others …
Brewster Kahle – The Guardian: “The US library system, once the model for the world, is under assault from politicians, rightwing activists and corporate publishers. Book bans are at record levels, and libraries across the country are facing catastrophic budget cuts, a fate only narrowly avoided by New York City’s public libraries this summer. In …
Center on Data Innovation: “The Washington Post has created a series of visualizations tracking the effects of a proposed constitutional amendment to limit members of Congress to three terms. One visualization shows the number of terms each sitting member of the House of Representatives has served, their age, and their party affiliation and indicates which …
Tech Policy News: “Since the explosion of ChatGPT about a year ago, it seems that policymakers everywhere want to regulate artificial intelligence. It has become a focus of Congressional attention with Senator Chuck Schumer’s recent AI Insight Forum. This is all to the good, given that many of our troubles with the online world stem …
Giancarlo Fiorella is the Director for Research and Training at Bellingcat. This article, published November 22, 2022, has even greater weight and significance now, for those who engage throughout each day with images as well as narrative that can cause great harm. To all the journalists who risk their lives, who keep us informed with …
Tech Republic: “This is a complete guide on how to use Google Bard. Learn how Google Bard can help you boost your productivity, creativity and more. Bard is Google’s public entry into the highly competitive field of artificial intelligence chatbots, which also includes OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Google intends Bard to be a “creative and helpful collaborator” …
Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, October 7, 2023 – 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 complex …
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