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“The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has recently published a report showing that global progress in human development has slowed to historic lows despite expecting to recover from 2020-2021 crises. The report indicates that progress has been weaker than anticipated, with global human development showing its smallest rise since 1990. This year’s report, titled “A …
New Oxford study uncovers explosion of accessible deepfake AI image generation models intended for the creation of non-consensual, sexualised images of women. “Researchers from the Oxford Internet Institute (OII) at the University of Oxford have uncovered a dramatic rise in easily accessible AI tools specifically designed to create deepfake images of identifiable people, finding nearly …
Harvard Business Review Report: “…Ineffective knowledge management can hinder decision making and lead to poor business performance. When knowledge is fragmented and disorganized, with information documented and stored across disconnected applications and systems, workers find it difficult and time-consuming to find the information they need when they need it. As a result, collaboration stagnates, teams …
Intelligencer [no paywall] ChatGPT has unraveled the entire academic project – “In January 2023, just two months after OpenAI launched ChatGPT, a survey of 1,000 college students found that nearly 90 percent of them had used the chatbot to help with homework assignments. In its first year of existence, ChatGPT’s total monthly visits steadily increased …
Executive Order Establishment of the Religious Liberty Commission – May 1, 2025 – “…The Commission shall produce a comprehensive report on the foundations of religious liberty in America, the impact of religious liberty on American society, current threats to domestic religious liberty, strategies to preserve and enhance religious liberty protections for future generations, and programs …
TechSpot: “An estimated 240 million PCs will become obsolete when Windows 10 reaches end-of-life status in October. Microsoft is begging impacted users to buy new devices (preferably Copilot+ PCs) to upgrade to Windows 11, but the “End of 10” project aims to use the opportunity to introduce more people to Linux. A recently created website …
In Custodia Legis: “In criminal law, an act combined with intent constitutes a crime. Corporations are legal persons who cannot act and do not have a mind, independent of their officers, managers, and employees. In most jurisdictions, corporations can be held responsible for the criminal actions of their officers and employees, particularly when those actions …
EFF: “The law enforcement arm of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) recently joined a U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) task force geared towards finding and deporting immigrants, according to a report from the Washington Post. Now, immigration officials want two sets of data from the U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS). First, they want access …
SCIMEX: “An international study including Australian authors has revealed spruce trees not only respond to a solar eclipse but actively anticipate it by synchronising their bioelectrical signals hours in advance into a cohesive, forest-wide phenomenon. The discovery shows older trees exhibit a more pronounced early response, suggesting these ancient sentinels retain decades of environmental memory …
