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Microsoft Says Bug Causes Copilot To Summarize Confidential Emails

“Microsoft says a Microsoft 365 Copilot bug has been causing the AI assistant to summarize confidential emails since late January, bypassing data loss prevention (DLP) policies that organizations rely on to protect sensitive information. According to a service alert seen by BleepingComputer, this bug (tracked under CW1226324 and first detected on January 21) affects the …

Subjects: AI, E-Mail, E-Records, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Privacy

The Worst-Case Future for White-Collar Workers

The Atlantic Gift Article: “…the labour market for office workers is beginning to shift. Americans with a bachelor’s degree account for a quarter of the unemployed, a record. High-school graduates are finding jobs quicker than college graduates, an unprecedented trend. Occupations susceptible to AI automation have seen sharp spikes in joblessness. Businesses really are shrinking …

Subjects: AI, Economy, Education, Knowledge Management

Maryland bans partnerships with ICE citing ‘unaccountable agents’

Follow up to my post today – Delegation of Immigration Authority Section 287(g) Immigration and Nationality Act – See Also via the Washington Post: “Gov. Wes Moore signed legislation ending 287(g) agreements between the state’s law enforcement agencies and the federal immigration enforcement agency. Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) signed into law Tuesday emergency legislation …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Government Documents, Legal Research, Legislation

Urgent warning to headphone wearers as toxic chemicals discovered in popular devices

Daily Mail: Urgent warning to headphone-wearers as scientists discover TOXIC cancer-causing chemicals in 81 popular devices from Bose, Panasonic, Samsung and Sennheiser. ..Scientists from the European ToxFree LIFE for All project tested commercially available headphones for ‘endocrine–disrupting’ chemicals. These compounds include the so–called ‘forever chemicals’ bisphenol A (BPA) and the similar bisphenol S (BPS), which …

Subjects: Environmental Law, Health Care

Trump Action Tracker

Trump Action Tracker – “Documenting the actions, statements, and plans of President Trump and his administration that echo those of authoritarian regimes and may pose a threat to American democracy, since January 2025…This project is led by Professor Christina Pagel, a UK-based health services researcher and science communicator. She created and maintains the dataset underlying …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Climate Change, Congress, Defense, Economy, Education, Energy, Environmental Law, Government Documents, Legal Research, Legislation

Delegation of Immigration Authority Section 287(g) Immigration and Nationality Act

ICE.gov: “ICE’s 287(g) Program The Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 added Section 287(g) to the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), authorizing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to delegate state and local law enforcement officers the authority to perform specified immigration officer functions under ICE’s direction and oversight. Likewise, Title 25 …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Free Speech, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Legal Research, Privacy

She’s Back! Wisdom The Incredible Laysan Albatross Has Returned

Medium – “The world’s oldest known wild bird, Wisdom, the Laysan albatross, has returned to Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge to nest. Wisdom, the Laysan albatross (or mōlī in Hawaiian), Phoebastria immutabilis, has once again returned to Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge to nest. She was originally banded as she incubated an egg on 10 …

Subjects: Climate Change, Environmental Law

New Report Helps Journalists Dig Deeper Into Police Surveillance Technology

EFF – “A new report released today offers journalists tips on cutting through the sales hype about police surveillance technology and report accurately on costs, benefits, privacy, and accountability as these invasive and often ineffective tools come to communities across the nation.  The “Selling Safety” report is a joint project of the Electronic Frontier Foundation …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, E-Records, Free Speech, Freedom of Information, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

New Report Finds Trump’s Attack on the CFPB Has Cost Americans $19 Billion in One Year Alone

Read the Full Report (PDF) “Today, the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Minority Staff released a new report analyzing the cost to American consumers of President Trump’s attack on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), the agency that has returned $21 billion directly to Americans who were cheated by big banks and …

Subjects: Congress, Economy, Financial System, Government Documents, Legal Research

Open Fact Book – Successor to World Fact Book

Follow up to CIA ends publication of its popular World Factbook reference tool – See The World Factbook is now the OpenFactBook – “The community-maintained successor to the CIA World Factbook. Comprehensive data on 254 countries and territories. OpenFactBook provides free, comprehensive, and accurate information about every country in the world. We believe geographic and …

Subjects: Education, Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Search Engines

Transform AI Text Into Human Writing

“Humanize AI text from ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini for free. Make content natural to bypass AI detection and feel truly human. Guaranteed undetectable results.” [Let that sink in.] AI Humanizer Eliminates AI Tones for Natural Writing – Directly trim the stiff and repetitive patterns found in machine-generated writing. AI text humanizer converts dry drafts into …

Subjects: AI, Education, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research