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Via LLRX – Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, September 13, 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 …
What is GPTZero? [Free version is available with less components than fee based versions] “GPTZero is the first and leading AI detector that allows you to identify specific content in a document or text that has been generated by a large language model (LLM), such as ChatGPT. Founded in January 2023, GPTZero has served over …
Apollo Academy: “The US Census Bureau conducts a biweekly survey of 1.2 million firms, and one question is whether a business has used AI tools such as machine learning, natural language processing, virtual agents or voice recognition to help produce goods or services in the past two weeks. Recent data by firm size shows that …
Legal News Feed: “In a significant legal development, Encyclopedia Britannica Inc. and Merriam-Webster Inc. filed a lawsuit in New York federal court against Perplexity AI Inc., accusing the startup of unauthorized replication of their copyright-protected content. This case, initiated on Wednesday, emphasizes the ongoing tensions between traditional publishers and emerging AI technologies regarding the use …
LawFare: “….Vibe coding is a novel approach to developing software: Based on prompts, large language models (LLMs) take over the entire software development process, rather than simply supporting it. This innovation is possible because of agentic AI: systems of multiple AI agents that collaborate to solve complex, multi-step tasks. “Coding agents”—such as CodeGPT, Cursor, or …
The Atlantic [no paywall] – “Editor’s note: This search tool is part of The Atlantic’s investigation into how YouTube videos are taken to train AI tools. You can read an analysis about these data sets here. This work is part of AI Watchdog, The Atlantic’s ongoing investigation into the generative-AI industry. (A note for users: …
404 Media: “Employees at Robert F Kennedy Jr.’s Department of Health and Human Services received an email Tuesday morning with the subject line “AI Deployment,” which told them that ChatGPT would be rolled out for all employees at the agency. The deployment is being overseen by Clark Minor, a former Palantir employee who’s now Chief …
Search Engine Land: “AI search is growing, but Google still dominates, as 95% of ChatGPT users visit Google, but just 14% of Google users go to ChatGPT. Despite ChatGPT’s explosive growth, nearly all of its users also turn to Google, per new Similarweb data shared by SEO consultant Brodie Clark. In August: 95.3% of ChatGPT …
The Economist [paywall] – Is the decline of reading making politics dumber? As people read less they think less clearly, scholars fear – [No Paywall] The Economist’s data guru Alex Selby-Boothroyd: “Sentences are getting shorter. Fact. I made this chart using Sondre Ulvund Solstad’s excellent analysis of the New York Times bestseller list for a …
NNG – Summary: Our study shows that generative AI is reshaping search, but long-standing habits persist. Many users still default to Google, giving Gemini a fighting chance. Kate Moran, Maria Rosala and Josh Brown. August 15, 2025. Generative AI (genAI) is reshaping how people search for information. Anyone watching their content pageviews decline is currently …
Against the Uncritical Adoption of ‘AI’ Technologies in Academia. Guest, Olivia. Suarez, Marcela. Müller, Barbara. van Meerkerk, Edwin. Oude Groote Beverborg, Arnoud de Haan, Ronald. Reyes Elizondo, Andrea. Blokpoel, Mark. Scharfenberg, Natalia. Kleinherenbrink, Annelies. Camerino, Ileana. Woensdregt, Marieke. Monett, Dagmar. Brown, Jed. Avraamidou, Lucy. Alenda-Demoutiez, Juliette. Hermans, Felienne. van Rooij, Iris. Under the banner of …
Buttondown: “Massive tech companies tried to own syndication. They failed. People like to tell the story of how VHS beat Betamax because adult film studios backed VHS. It’s a clutch-your-pearls story that says nothing about why these multi-million-dollar businesses picked one format over the other. The real story is that while Betamax tapes had better …
