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Vox – no paywall: “Staying on top of AI developments is a full-time job. I would know, because it’s my full-time job. I subscribe to Anthropic’s Pro mode for access to their latest model, Claude 3.7, in “extended thinking” mode; I have a complementary subscription to OpenAI’s Enterprise mode so that I can test out …
CRS Legal Sidebar: Reorganization of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: Selected Legal Issues – “On March 27, 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS, or the Department) announced a reorganization plan to consolidate several of its operating divisions and offices in accordance with an executive order. Among the changes, …
Science: “President Donald Trump today asked Congress to make massive and unprecedented cuts to the 2026 budgets of major federal science agencies. The request calls for cutting spending by 37% at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and more than 50% at the National Science Foundation (NSF), the country’s two major science funders. The White …
404 Media: “Late last night, House Republicans introduced new language to the Budget Reconciliation bill that will immiserate the lives of millions of Americans by cutting their access to Medicaid, and making life much more difficult for millions more by making them pay higher fees when they seek medical care. While a lot of attention …
Preserving Government Information. Past, Present, and Future by James A. Jacobs and James R. Jacobs. The book examines how preservation practices of the past affect the preservation of digitally published government information today, analyzes publishing and preservation data to characterize the current gaps in preservation, and looks to the future by charting a path to …
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NCLS – Artificial Intelligence 2025 Legislation Updated March 22, 2025 – “AI—the use of computer systems to perform tasks that normally require human intelligence, such as learning and decision-making—has the potential to spur innovation and transform industry and government. As AI advances and widespread adoption of these tools increase, government, business and the public are …
In Custodia Legis: Thursday, May 22, 2:00 p.m. “How to Handle AI? – Italian National Regulation in the Context of European Law” – A Foreign and Comparative Law Webinar. Join senior legal research analyst Dante Figueroa and senior researcher at the Italian Chamber of Deputies, Roberto D’Orazio for a Foreign and Comparative Law Webinar titled, …
EFF: “Encrypted chat apps like Signal and WhatsApp are one of the best ways to keep your digital conversations as private as possible. But if you’re not careful with how those conversations are backed up, you can accidentally undermine your privacy. When a conversation is properly encrypted end-to-end, it means that the contents of those …
Vanity Fair – no paywall: As the administration pushes its “invasion” fantasy, the courts are providing a real-world check on presidential power. One of Donald Trump’s first executive orders, titled “Protecting the American People Against Invasion,” signaled where the administration was headed. By characterizing migrants as invading the United States, Trump could take actions only …
