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Wired – no paywall: “A new kind of large language model, developed by researchers at the Allen Institute for AI (Ai2), makes it possible to control how training data is used even after a model has been built. The new model, called FlexOlmo, could challenge the current industry paradigm of big artificial intelligence companies slurping …
“ETH Zurich and EPFL will release a large language model (LLM) developed on public infrastructure. Trained on the “Alps” supercomputer at the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS), the new LLM marks a milestone in open-source AI and multilingual excellence. Earlier this week in Geneva, around 50 leading global initiatives and organisations dedicated to open-source LLMs …
Wired no paywall: “First Google and Facebook, then the world. Under Trump 2.0, US statecraft is starting to mimic the worst tendencies of Big Tech….Back in 2022, Cory Doctorow coined the term “enshittification” to describe a cycle that has played out again and again in the online economy. Entrepreneurs start off making high-minded promises to …
Inside the funhouse mirror factory: How social media distorts perceptions of norms. Claire E. Robertson, Kareena S. del Rosario, Jay J. Van Bavel. Elsevier Current Opinion in Psychology Volume 60, December 2024, 101918. “The current paper explains how modern technology interacts with human psychology to create a funhouse mirror version of social norms. We argue …
Federal News Network: “Hundreds of federal agency websites are being targeted for elimination, following a governmentwide review. In an analysis led by the General Services Administration, the 24 largest departments and agencies inventoried more than 7,200 total websites. Documents obtained by Federal News Network show agencies plan to eliminate 332 of those websites — less …
Sally McLaren post on LinkedIn: “Can you trust AI in legal research? Our study tested how leading Generative AI tools responded to fake case citations and the results were eye-opening. While some models correctly flagged the fabricated case, others confidently generated detailed but entirely false legal content, even referencing real statutes and cases. Our table …
The Intercept – How can you deter the Trump administration’s immigrant deportation machine when it pops up in your community? Follow these steps… Out running errands and see a cluster of weirdos kitted out for war, milling about like they’re stuck in a Call of Duty matchmaking lobby? Grab some pics and vids to raise …
Ars Technica: AI police tool is designed to avoid accountability, watchdog says. On Thursday, a digital rights group, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, published an expansive investigation into AI-generated police reports that the group alleged are, by design, nearly impossible to audit and could make it easier for cops to lie under oath. Axon’s Draft One …
How to Geek: “I’m fully immersed in the Apple ecosystem and use a Mac, an iPad, iPhone, and Apple Watch every day. While these devices perform well on their own, their strengths are amplified when used in tandem. From allowing me to unlock my Mac with an Apple Watch to turn my iPad into a …
Today we launched a website to track how much Trump plays golf. TrumpGolfTrack.com This site provides URLs, titles and links to news stories that track when and where Trump play golf during the course of his term in office as the 47th President of the United States. This tool is made with publicly available information …
Wired: “The Department of Homeland Security is urging local police to consider a wide range of protest activity as violent tactics, including mundane acts like riding a bike or livestreaming a police encounter, WIRED has learned. Threat bulletins issued during last month’s “No Kings” protests warn that the US government’s aggressive immigration raids are almost …
Muck Rack: “In 2000, many Americans lived in a community with journalists — people whose job it was to cover school board decisions, announce small business openings and closures, root out corruption at city hall, warn commuters about road work and trumpet the exploits of the high school teams. Today, most of those journalists are …
