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Category «Internet»
Revisiting the Openverse: Finding Open Images and Audio
Creative Commons: “Looking for that perfect picture to illustrate your post? That catchy tune to jazz up your video? Look no further than Openverse, the huge library of free and open stock photos, images, and audio contributed to the public commons by people around the world, now available at its new domain: openverse.org. Here at …
How to Make Sure You’re Not Accidentally Sharing Your Location
Wired: “Your devices and apps really, really want to know where you are—whether it’s to tell you the weather, recommend some restaurants you might like, or better target advertising at you. Managing what you’re sharing and what you’re not sharing, and when, can quickly get confusing. It’s also possible that you have inconsistencies in the …
OpenAI’s ChatGPT – here’s how to use it
Insider: ChatGPT has taken the internet by storm since it launched in November. The AI-powered chatbot can do everything from pass MBA exams to successfully negotiate a raise. If you haven’t tried it yet, here’s a step-by-step walkthrough of how to access and use ChatGPT. If you want to give the new Bing a whirl, …
The Death of the Smart Shopper
The Atlantic: “Internet retail was supposed to supercharge the informed consumer. What happened? Amazon is getting worse, but you probably already knew that, because you probably shop at Amazon. The online retail behemoth’s search results are full of ads and sponsored results that can push actually relevant, well-reviewed options far down the page. The proportion …
New York Moves Against Stalkerware, A Tool for Domestic Abuse
Bloomberg: Apps disguised as child safety software are used to monitor spouses, officials say. “Stalkers and domestic abusers in the US for years have been able to access the kind of surveillance tools typically associated with foreign spies. That’s all because of a pervasive industry that promises to help people who want to secretly monitor …
Where is ChatGPT taking us?
JHU Hub: “And do we want to follow? Johns Hopkins computer scientist Daniel Khashabi discusses the pros and cons of the revolutionary natural-language processing tool—and predicts where it may head in the future..To those working in artificial intelligence, ChatGPT is not merely an overnight sensation, but a mark of achievement after years of experimentation, says …
5 New Web Search Apps to Make Google Better or Replace Google
Make Use Of: “Google is the biggest web search engine in the world. But the web keeps changing, and you need tools to find the right content quickly, when Google can’t. These new search apps offer different ways to make Google better. Some augment search results with ChatGPT or social media searches, while others offer …
Mastodon for writers/readers
Robert Kingett – BlindJournalist: “I finally did it. I deleted Twitter completely. I requested my data] (https://help.twitter.com/en/managing-your-account/accessing-your-twitter-data), move completely to the Fediverse, and checked to see who I follow is on the Fediverse at large. Shockingly, more than half my followers and almost all of my friends have made the switch. I started using social …
Reviewers Are Stunned at How Good Bing Is
Newser – “Kevin Roose is a tech columnist for the New York Times, and he’s as surprised as you are that he concludes his latest column like so: “I’m switching my desktop computer’s default search engine to Bing. And Google, my default source of information for my entire adult life, is going to have to …
Audible reckoning: How top political podcasters spread unsubstantiated and false claims
Brookings: “Using a combination of analytical methods – including natural language processing, machine learning, and manual classifying – this research provided the first overarching assessment of the role that popular political podcasting plays in spreading unsubstantiated and false claims. These podcasters, who span the political spectrum, make up the mainstream of the medium and regularly …
ChatGPT Is a Blurry JPEG of the Web
The New Yorker – OpenAI’s chatbot offers paraphrases, whereas Google offers quotes. Which do we prefer? By Ted Chiang: “…The resemblance between a photocopier and a large-language model might not be immediately apparent—but consider the following scenario. Imagine that you’re about to lose your access to the Internet forever. In preparation, you plan to create …
