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How People Use ChatGPT. Aaron Chatterji, Tom Cunningham, David Deming, Zo¨e Hitzig1, Christopher Ong, Carl Shan, Kevin Wadman. OpenAI. Duke University. Harvard University. September 15, 2025. “Despite the rapid adoption of LLM chatbots, little is known about how they are used. We document the growth of ChatGPT’s consumer product from its launch in November 2022 …
MakeUseOf: “Even if you’ve been using an iPhone for years, it’s surprisingly easy to miss some of its coolest features. And honestly, I don’t blame you—many of them are tucked away deep within the Accessibility and General menus, far from the settings you use every day. Some are small tweaks that make life a little …
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 …
The Record: The number of U.S.-based investors bankrolling spyware companies nearly tripled in 2024, with 31 American firms found to be backing the manufacturers compared to just 11 in 2023. The finding was published by the Atlantic Council think tank in a report released Wednesday which analyzed 561 spyware entities — vendors, supplies, partners, investors, …
YouTube “Every day when you browse the internet, you share identifiable information about your device and browser that companies use to target you with advertising and track your activity across the web. In this video interview with Ruihildt from the Mullvad Browser team, we uncover how this tracking technology works and how you can fight …
Psychology Today – AI cheats not because it’s broken, but because it has learned our own bad habit. Key points: AI cheats because its reward system favors pleasing answers over truthful ones. AI mirrors human biases by reinforcing user preferences instead of challenging them. Fixes to reduce cheating expose a trade-off between safety and creativity. …
“The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) has compiled these resources “JCAT First Responders Toolbox.” JCAT First Responder’s Toolbox containing information from 2016-present on responding to terrorist events or scenarios. Two of their reports Large Public Gatherings Attractive Targets for Violent Extremists (May 14, 2025) and Third-Party Security Critical …
Ars Technica: “Verizon lost an attempt to overturn a $46.9 million fine for selling customer location data without its users’ consent. The US Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit rejected Verizon’s challenge in a ruling (PDF) issued today. The Federal Communications Commission fined the three major carriers last year for violations revealed in 2018. …
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 …
The Atlantic gift article – “About four hours after the right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk was assassinated by an unknown shooter at Utah Valley University Wednesday, FBI Director Kash Patel posted a picture of himself with Kirk on his personal X account. The undated photo shows the two men grinning, apparently about to tape Kirk’s daily …
“The New York Public Library today announced the acquisition of the CameraPlanet Archive, a world-renowned collection of more than 1,200 hours of video documenting September 11, 2001, its immediate aftermath, and the subsequent design and construction of the 9/11 Memorial & Museum. This historic archive will be preserved, processed, and made publicly accessible through the Library’s …
