Category «Internet»

Google AI summaries are ruining the livelihoods of recipe writers: ‘It’s an extinction event’

The Guardian: “This past March, when Google began rolling out its AI Mode search capability, it began offering AI-generated recipes. The recipes were not all that intelligent. The AI had taken elements of similar recipes from multiple creators and Frankensteined them into something barely recognizable. In one memorable case, the Google AI failed to distinguish …

Subjects: AI, Copyright, Food and Nutrition, Intellectual Property, Internet, Search Engines

AP introduces AP Verify to strengthen, streamline online content verification

“The Associated Press today introduced AP Verify, a verification dashboard combining AI-powered features with established digital verification tools to transform the way newsrooms authenticate online photos, videos and other digital content. The unified web-based interface features: AI-driven capabilities such as geolocation, object and landmark detection, and transcription An AI chatbot assistant Generative AI text detection …

Subjects: E-Records, Education, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

Fall 2025 Yale Youth Poll. Full results and toplines.

[Note – this is a long and complex report – please set aside some time to review all the data points] “The Yale Youth Poll, an undergraduate-led research project at Yale University, today released a new poll of young American registered voters (aged 18-34) and the general registered voter population. The poll sampled 3,426 registered …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Congress, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Legislation

How to Build A Bot in Twelve Steps

Golann, Dwight, How to Build A Bot in Twelve Steps (December 05, 2025). Suffolk University Law School Research Paper, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5871402 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5871402 “Bots” powered by artificial intelligence systems are enormously powerful and versatile. Trained bots can take on a wide variety of roles, speaking and acting as lawyers, clients, mediators and advisors, …

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

How Congress Is Wiring Its Data for the AI Era

The First Branch Protocol: “The Government Publishing Office grabbed the spotlight at the final Congressional Data Task Force meeting of 2025 last Wednesday by announcing that it is launching a Model Context Protocol server for artificial intelligence tools to access official GPO publication information. The MCP server lets AI tools like ChatGPT and Gemini pull …

Subjects: AI, Climate Change, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

To AI-proof exams, professors turn to the oldest technique of all

Washington Post gift article – A growing number of educators are finding that oral exams allow them to test their students’ learning without the benefit of AI platforms such as ChatGPT: “…Across the country, a small but growing number of educators are experimenting with oral exams to circumvent the temptations presented by powerful artificial intelligence …

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

How to break free from smart TV ads and tracking

Ars Technica: “Smart TVs can feel like a dumb choice if you’re looking for privacy, reliability, and simplicity. Today’s TVs and streaming sticks are usually loaded up with advertisements and user tracking, making offline TVs seem very attractive. But ever since smart TV operating systems began making money, “dumb” TVs have been hard to find. …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, E-Commerce, E-Records, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Privacy

Japanese video game company has started using pen-and-paper art tests in job interviews to avoid generative AI fraud

Forbes via MSN – AI Is Forcing the Return of the In-Person Job Interview. More companies are returning to face-to-face meetings to counter cheating by candidates—and more ominous digital threats. A Japanese video game company has started using pen-and-paper art tests in job interviews to avoid generative AI fraud. A graphic designer at the (unnamed) …

Subjects: AI, Education, Internet

OpenAI Staffer Quits, Alleging Company’s Economic Research Is Drifting Into AI Advocacy

Wired [no paywall]: “Four sources close to the situation claim OpenAI has become hesitant to publish research on the negative impact of AI. The company says it has only expanded the economic research team’s scope. OpenAI has allegedly become more guarded about publishing research that highlights the potentially negative impact that AI could have on …

Subjects: Censorship, E-Records, Economy, Education, Financial System, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

Privacy in Google’s universe long been less a right than a nostalgic illusion

Todayville: “When Google flipped a digital switch in October 2025, few users noticed anything unusual. Gmail loaded as usual, Chat messages zipped across screens, and Meet calls continued without interruption. Yet, according to a new class action lawsuit, something significant had changed beneath the surface. We obtained a copy of the lawsuit for you here. Plaintiffs …

Subjects: AI, E-Mail, E-Records, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Legislation, Privacy, Search Engines

Library of Time

Library of Time – “The mission of this website is to create a collection of every calendar with a verifiable date at a specific point in time, as well as to display other methods of timekeeping. It is to be a celebration of time as counted by humans from all walks of life, displaying all …

Subjects: Education, Internet, Knowledge Management