Category «Internet»

Thunderforge Brings AI Agents to Wargames

IEEE Spectrum: “The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), part of the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), is leading an experimental project, Thunderforge, to build a custom agentic AI system with multiple digital “agents” critiquing war plans across different military domains, running parallel analyses, and flagging potential weaknesses neglected by human planners. The U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM) …

Subjects: AI, Defense, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management, Microsoft

Online Monitoring Program is Expanding Behind the Scenes

Reddit/privacy: “You do not have to be famous or break any laws to end up under digital watch. New reports confirm that a US agency is expanding its contracts with private firms to quietly track internet activity. This includes what you post, what you like, what you share, and even how you express emotion. The …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, E-Records, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Privacy, Social Media

Explore the dynamics of congressional elections with open data on candidates and campaigns

Campaign View: Dive into the records, learn about candidates, and explore their policies. Data to help facilitate a more informed public and advance social science research. Explore Data Our Methodology Download Data Candidate Bios – Read how candidates describe their backgrounds and qualifications in their own words. Read how candidates describe their backgrounds and qualifications …

Subjects: Congress, Economy, Education, Financial System, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management

Left-leaning Third Way maps counter plan to Trump’s AI agenda

Semafor – [reg. required to read all articles] “Trump on Wednesday [July 23, 2025] unveiled his long-awaited AI Action Plan, a national strategy accompanied by a trio of executive orders meant to replace his predecessor’s safety-first directives. The new roadmap focuses on deregulation and industry growth to better compete against China. In response, left-center policy …

Subjects: AI, Congress, Copyright, E-Records, Government Documents, Intellectual Property, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

Extreme Weather Disinformation Reporting

“How a storm of false and misleading claims about extreme weather events spread unchecked on social media putting lives at risk CCDH’s new research shows that social media companies are letting falsehoods about extreme weather events like the LA Fires and Hurricane Helene spread unchecked on their platforms. CCDH found that X, YouTube, and Meta …

Subjects: Climate Change, Environmental Law, Internet, Knowledge Management, Social Media

Law librarians talk about being on frontline against disinformation, figuring out how to deal with AI

AboveTheLaw: “At AALL’s annual meeting, the research profession searches for its war footing. Librarians don’t come across as folks who storm the Bastille. But when the 118th annual meeting of the American Association of Law Libraries met in Portland this week under a banner exhorting the group to “Be Bold,” deep thoughts about the Dewey …

Subjects: Censorship, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Libraries

The Internet Archive is now an official hub for government documents

Internet Archive Blogs – July 24, 2025. “Announced today, the Internet Archive has been designated as a federal depository library by Senator Alex Padilla. The designation was made via letter to Scott Matheson, Superintendent of Documents at the U.S. Government Publishing Office. Senator Padilla explained the designation in a statement to KQED: “The Archive’s digital-first …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Congress, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Legislation, Libraries

OpenAI confirms ChatGPT’s new study feature, helps with exams

Bleeping Computer – “BleepingComputer previously reported that OpenAI is testing a new ‘Study together’ feature, and today, a new announcement within the ChatGPT web app confirms it. This announcement is titled ‘Study and Learn,’ and it looks like the feature will be called Study Together. With the Study Together feature on ChatGPT, you’ll be able …

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

How big tech is force-feeding us AI

Blood in the Machine: “I do not think it will shock anyone to learn that big tech is aggressively pushing AI products. But the extent to which they have done so might. The sheer ubiquity of AI means that we take for ground the countless ways, many invisible, that these products and features are foisted on …

Subjects: AI, E-Records, Economy, Financial System, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Privacy, Search Engines

What is AI Reading – Report by Muck Rack

Muck Rack Complete Report – Snipped from Executive Summary • Citations affect responses: Simply enabling or disabling the ability for AI to search the web drastically modifies responses, indicating that the systems are truly basing their responses on the cited works. • Journalism and earned media are important drivers: More than 95% of links cited …

Subjects: AI, Copyright, E-Commerce, E-Government, Education, Government Documents, Intellectual Property, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Search Engines, Social Media