Day archives: January 11th, 2026

Google pulls AI overviews for some medical searches & ChatGPT Health lets you connect medical records to AI that makes things up

The Verge – no paywall: “Earlier this month, The Guardian published an investigation that showed Google was serving up misleading and outright false information via its AI overviews in response to certain medical inquiries. Now those results appear to have been removed. According to the original report: In one case that experts described as “really …

Subjects: AI, Education, Health Care, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Medicine, Search Engines

Long COVID and real-world economic and health data

Via LinkedIn – Augie (August) Ray: “I periodically post about the ongoing risks of COVID19 that most are ignoring. The world changed in 2020 and didn’t go back to “normal.” Over time, repeated COVID infections are affecting the health of more people. We know this not just from the thousands of research studies published on …

Subjects: E-Government, Economy, Financial System, Government Documents, Health Care, Medicine

World Map of Human Ideas

“Explore the birthplaces of [some of the] ideas that shaped civilization.” Categories are: Science, Technology, Art & Culture, Philosophy, Politics & Exploration, Communication. Includes an “I am Curious” feature – one example response is the Germ Theory of Disease.

Subjects: Education

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, January 10, 2026

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, January 10, 2026 – 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 and …

Subjects: AI, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, E-Records, Government Documents, Legal Research, Privacy, Social Media, Transportation

150,000 Botanical and Animal Illustrations Available for Free Download from Biodiversity Heritage Library

Colossal: “Billed as the world’s largest open access digital archive dedicated to life on Earth, the Biodiversity Heritage Library is comprised of animal sketches, historical diagrams, botanical studies, and various scientific research collected from hundreds of thousands of journals and libraries around the globe. In an effort to share information and promote collaboration to combat …

Subjects: Energy, Knowledge Management, Libraries