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MakeUseOf: “I won’t say that the easiest way to determine if a photo is a fake is by using our eyes. Deepfakes are inching closer to “reality,” so we have to fall back on AI image detectors. These tools are trained on millions of images, both real and AI-generated, which allows them to recognize the …
MIT Technology Review: “Some AI chatbots rely on flawed research from retracted scientific papers to answer questions, according to recent studies. The findings, confirmed by MIT Technology Review, raise questions about how reliable AI tools are at evaluating scientific research and could complicate efforts by countries and industries seeking to invest in AI tools for …
Harvard Business Review: “A confusing contradiction is unfolding in companies embracing generative AI tools: while workers are largely following mandates to embrace the technology, few are seeing it create real value. Consider, for instance, that the number of companies with fully AI-led processes nearly doubled last year, while AI use has likewise doubled at work …
Access To Stochastically Approximate Information – “Through a series of public records requests, Cascade PBS and KNKX obtained thousands of pages of ChatGPT conversation logs from city officials in Washington. The volume of the records suggests widespread use of the technology in local government.” When government officials use generative AI chatbots those ‘conversations’ are considered public …
Rebecca Fordon: “For years, I’ve taught Boolean searching with a slide deck (8 steps!) always thinking, “this could be way more interactive.” Well, AI’s got me thinking I can make any little website my heart desires, so I gave it a shot. The Legal Boolean Search Builder is a free tool designed to make crafting precise …
Via LLRX – The divergence of law firms from lawyers – Jordan Furlong contends right now it’s possible for an ordinary person to obtain from an LLM like ChatGPT-5 the performance of a legal task — the provision of legal analysis, the production of a legal instrument, the delivery of legal advice — that previously could …
LinkedIn new terms of use will use your data to train their AI starting Nov 3rd. You can opt out of this here Mobile users: Settings > Data Privacy > How LinkedIn uses your data > turn off Use my data for training content creation Al models. New terms of use can be found here …
Washington Post and free via MSN: “OpenAI’s video generation tool, Sora, can create high-definition clips of just about anything you could ask for — a breakthrough in artificial intelligence expected to transform the entertainment industry. But whose data OpenAI used to create its groundbreaking system is a mystery. With ChatGPT, OpenAI helped popularize the now-standard …
Via LLRX – Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, September 20, 2025 – 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 …
LawSites: “Has there ever been a time since the advent of legal reporting systems when citations have been under greater attack? Driven by their unwitting reliance on AI to generate legal briefs, lawyers seem to have forgotten everything they ever learned in law school about how to research and cite the law. Standing as a …
CNBC: Google adds Gemini to Chrome for all users in push to bolster AI search. “In a blog post Thursday, Google said it’s rolling out Gemini in Chrome to users of Mac and Windows computers in the U.S. as well as to mobile devices. Users will be able to ask Gemini for help understanding the …
404 Media: “Reference librarian Eddie Kristan said lenders at the library where he works have been asking him to find books that don’t exist without realizing they were hallucinated by AI ever since the release of GPT-3.5 in late 2022. But the problem escalated over the summer after fielding patron requests for the same fake …
