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Northwestern Medill Local News Initiative 2025 State of Local News Report: Two Decades of Data, Deserts and Dynamic Change. “Twenty years of data, one overarching headline: transformation. With this State of Local News Report, Medill has two decades of data on local news outlets across America. And over the span of that time, the historic …
AP News: “OpenAI introduced its own web browser, Atlas, on Tuesday, putting the ChatGPT maker in direct competition with Google as more internet users rely on artificial intelligence to answer their questions. Making its popular AI chatbot a gateway to online searches could allow OpenAI, the world’s most valuable startup, to pull in more internet …
Law Dork: “Photos obtained exclusively by Law Dork on Tuesday show that President Donald Trump is completely demolishing the East Wing of the White House as part of his stated plan to build a ballroom befitting his standards on the White House grounds. Although Trump earlier had said the ballroom “won’t interfere with the current …
The New York Times Gift Article includes dozens of images: “…Mr. Trump has posted A.I.-generated images or videos at least 62 times on his Truth Social account since late 2022, according to a review by The New York Times of his posts to the social network. The fake imagery has included blistering attacks on his …
PCMag: “Real ads from legitimate companies are annoying on their own, but some online advertisements can be downright dangerous. For example, you may have encountered malicious scareware ads that look like antivirus alerts. Other ads impersonate law enforcement and demand hefty fines. You should also want advertisers to know less about you. Ad blockers not …
Solove, Daniel J. and Hartzog, Woodrow, The Great Scrape: The Clash Between Scraping and Privacy (July 03, 2024). 113 California Law Review 1521 (2025), Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4884485 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4884485 Artificial intelligence (AI) systems depend on massive quantities of data, often gathered by “scraping”—the automated extraction of large amounts of data from the internet. A …
Washington Post Gift Article: “Scanning a loyalty card might be costing you money. Companies say they’re rewarding your devotion with points, discounts and perks. But behind the scenes, many are using these programs to monitor your behavior and build a profile — then charge you what they think you’ll pay. “Companies say they’re rewarding your …
(Oct. 19, 2025) – “We added Woulard v. Uncharted Labs d/b/a Udio, a case filed by independent music artists against the music generator company Uncharted Labs. This is the 3rd lawsuit against Uncharted Labs in the United States (others filed by UMG Recordings and Justice). DOWNLOAD PDF OF MAP WITH CLICKABLE LINKS TO EACH DOCKET
Can generative AI create good data visualisations? – Nicola Rennie: “This blog post compares the performance of ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, and Gemini when presented with a generic request to visualise a dataset. Nicola Rennie October 8, 2025. “Generative AI tools have been around for a little while now, and they’re mostly advertised as being able …
The New York Times [read free]: Federal workers who issue permits for oil, gas and mining operations are on the job, along with those working to repeal pollution limits. More than 700,000 federal employees have been sidelined and thousands more are at risk of being fired as the government shutdown drags on. But the workers …
AI Competencies for Academic Library Workers Approved by the ACRL Board of Directors, October 2025 PDF Version Knowledge & Understanding Analysis & Evaluation Use & Application Notes In July 2024, the ACRL AI Competencies for Library Workers Task Force was created to develop comprehensive AI competencies for library workers that align with the evolving needs …
Noema: Gene editing may enable us to prevent a species from ever becoming extinct in the first place. But should we? It turns out playing God is neither difficult nor expensive. For about $2,000, I can go online and order a decent microscope, a precision injection rig, and a vial of enough CRISPR-Cas9 — an …
