e-discovery Team: Urges Other Judges and Lawyers to Follow Suit: “The Eleventh Circuit published a ground breaking Concurring Opinion on May 28, 2024 by Judge Kevin C. Newsom on the use of generative AI to help decide contract interpretation issues. Snell v. United Specialty Ins. Co., 2024 U.S. App. LEXIS 12733 *; _ F.4th _… Continue Reading
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The Liar’s Dividend: The Impact of Deepfakes and Fake News on Politician Support and Trust in Media
“This project, The Liar’s Dividend: Can Politicians Claim Misinformation to Evade Accountability? is joint work between the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University. While previous work has addressed the direct effects of misinformation, we propose to study the phenomenon of misinformation about misinformation, or politicians “crying wolf” over fake news. We argue that strategic… Continue Reading
If Google Kills News Media, Who Will Feed the AI Beast?
Vanity Fair [unpaywalled] – “Summarization tools from OpenAI and Google offer a CliffsNotes version of journalism that may further dumb down public discourse and deliver a brutal blow to an already battered media business…we’re on the cusp of a similar phenomenon with the new wave of AI summarization tools being launched by OpenAI, Google, and… Continue Reading
4 Types of Gen AI Risk and How to Mitigate Them
Harvard Business Review – “According to a poll of 2,500 executives by Gartner last spring, approximately 70% of respondents reported that their organizations are exploring how to integrate generative AI into their organizations, and the global AI adoption rates have been reported to be higher in every surveyed region, according to the recently published Stanford… Continue Reading
OpenAI Insiders Warn of a ‘Reckless’ Race for Dominance
Th New York Times: “A group of OpenAI insiders is blowing the whistle on what they say is a culture of recklessness and secrecy at the San Francisco artificial intelligence company, which is racing to build the most powerful A.I. systems ever created. The group, which includes nine current and former OpenAI employees, has rallied… Continue Reading
Policy and Practice Recommendations for Preventing Precipitous College Closures
New America – Identifying Warning Signs, Precipitating Events, and Risk Factors. “In reviewing the cases of college closures and speaking with experts who were on the ground at the time and who have studied them afterwards, it is increasingly clear that the causes of the closures themselves were, in fact, not precipitous at all. Regulators… Continue Reading
A new Google Maps layer shows public restrooms in NYC
The Verge: “There’s no elegant way to say this: going to the bathroom in New York is a nightmare. Public restrooms in the city are hard to find and are often either out of order or require you to buy something at a store or café to be able to use. The problem is so… Continue Reading
How to Clear Your History in Any Browser
How To Geek: ” Clear Browsing History in Google Chrome for Desktop Clear Google Chrome Browsing History on Android Clear Chrome Browsing History on iPhone or iPad Clear Browsing History in Safari on iPhone and iPad Clear Browsing History in Mozilla Firefox Clear Browsing History in Microsoft Edge Clear Browsing History in Safari on a… Continue Reading
X tweaks rules to formally allow adult content
TechCrunch: “The internet has been home to all kinds of content for a long time, so it was no surprise to anyone when people started tweeting porn at each other. X (formerly Twitter) has long had many active NSFW (not safe for work) communities, and though the social network unofficially allowed people to post adult… Continue Reading
Windows AI feature that screenshots everything labeled a security ‘disaster’
The Verge: “Microsoft is about to launch a new AI-powered Recall feature that screenshots everything you do on your PC. Recall is part of the new Copilot Plus PCs that are debuting on June 18th, but experts who have tested the feature are already warning that Recall could be a “disaster” for cybersecurity. Recall is… Continue Reading
Restrictions on the Use of Journalists for Intelligence Purposes
“This CRS Insight, May 24, 2024 provides background and issues facing Congress concerning U.S. restrictions on the use of journalists for intelligence purposes. Congress may examine whether existing statutory provisions sufficiently protect overseas U.S. journalists and others from a perception by adversarial governments of an individual’s affiliation with the U.S. intelligence community. Wall Street Journal… Continue Reading
Treasury Releases First Ever Non-fungible Token Illicit Finance Risk Assessment
“Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury published a 2024 Non-fungible Token (NFT) Illicit Finance Risk Assessment. The risk assessment explores how vulnerabilities associated with NFTs and NFT platforms may be exploited by illicit actors for money laundering, terrorist financing, and proliferation financing. The assessment finds that NFTs are highly susceptible to use in fraud… Continue Reading
