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“As the Open Source Initiative convened its process to define Open Source AI, it became clear that organizations that care for open, fair and public-interest AI need to pay particular attention to and establish a shared position on data sharing and data governance. Open Source Artificial Intelligence (AI) development presents an opportunity to democratize technological …
Washington Post unlocked: “Tips and apps that can help everyone talk about sensitive topics safely. Chances are, until now, most people haven’t worried much about their private group chats or jokey social media posts being used against them. But under the Trump administration, privacy experts say there’s a new urgency to making sure people understand …
LawSites: I Use It to Analyze the Legality of President Trump’s Pause of Federal Grants – “Over the weekend, OpenAI released Deep Research, an AI agent capable of completing multi-step research tasks and synthesizing large amounts of online information. OpenAI’s chief product officer Kevin Weil said it can complete complex research tasks in minutes that …
Timothy J. Barron – “This page contains an extensive list of British crime and mystery television series and movies that I have watched or have some degree of knowledge. Though I am American, my appetite for these series and movies is insatiable and beyond an addiction level. As compared to their American counterparts, the British …
Parsons, Patrick and Niedringhaus, Kristina L. and Zhang, Alex, Artificial Intelligence & the Future of Law Libraries (December 01, 2024). Georgia State University College of Law, Legal Studies Research Paper Forthcoming, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5118446 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5118446 – “The Southeast Roundtable Report summarizes the discussions from a day-long conference held on March 1, 2024, at …
Ars Technica: “Two years ago, a Canadian writer named Cory Doctorow coined the phrase “enshittification” to describe the decay of online platforms. The word immediately set the Internet ablaze, as it captured the growing malaise regarding how almost everything about the web seemed to be getting worse. “It’s my theory explaining how the Internet was …
Salon: “Bookshop.org founder and CEO Andy Hunter joked that the e-books question has been the bane of his business’ social media manager’s existence for a while now. “Every day she has people ask her, ‘When are e-books coming? When are e-books coming?’” Now Bookshop has an answer. On Tuesday, it launched a new digital platform …
Internet Archive: A complete archive of all CDC datasets uploaded before January 28th, 2025. Under the direction of Trump, the CDC has been removing data related to gender, vaccines, and climate change.
The Verge: “Treasure Secretary Scott Bessent has been named the Acting Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), the bureau announced today. Bessent quickly instructed the agency to “to stop all rulemaking, communications, litigation, and other activities,” reports Bloomberg Law. A source inside the CFPB told Bloomberg Law that his order “appeared to shut …
PC Mag: “The apps on your phone know way too much about you. I’ll tell you which apps collect the most data and offer suggestions for locking down your private information. Everyone wants your data. And why not? There’s a lot of money in selling or sharing the information apps collect about you. App companies …
Surveillance Self-Defense Tips, Tools and How-tos for Safer Online Communication A Project of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. We’re the Electronic Frontier Foundation, an independent non-profit working to protect online privacy for over thirty years. This is Surveillance Self-Defense: our expert guide to protecting you and your friends from online spying. Read the BASICS to find …
“Chronicling America has a new look! This month, we’ll be exploring the new Chronicling America interface and providing tips on how to best use the new site. In this series of posts, we’ll show you how to use multiple keyword search options and facet your search results to narrow your search. We’ll also look at …
