Category «Knowledge Management»

Disquiet in the archives: archivists make tough calls with far-reaching consequences – they deserve our support

The Conversation: “Right now, for technological, ethical and political reasons, the world’s archivists are suddenly very busy. Advances in digital imaging and communications are feeding an already intense interest in provenance, authorship and material culture. Two recent discoveries – a woman’s name scratched in the margins of an 8th-century manuscript, and John Milton’s annotations in …

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Subjects: Civil Liberties, Free Speech, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Libraries

AI Accountability in the US Federal Government – A Primer

American Council for Technology-Industry Advisory Council (ACT-IAC) – “Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been implemented for hundreds of use cases across the Federal government. Given this increased adoption, Federal leaders have an opportunity to lean in to take responsible and prudent measures to address AI accountability in the context of their unique mission. This paper outlines …

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Subjects: AI, Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

How much misinformation are you exposed to?

“Misinformation exposure scores measure how much the politicians and public organizations you follow tend to lie (based on fact-checking their claims by PolitiFact). These scores go from 0 (none of the fact-checked claims by politicians and public figures you follow are false) to 1 (all of the fact-checked claims by politicians and public organizations you …

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Subjects: Congress, Internet, Knowledge Management, Social Media

scite Smart Citations

“scite is an award-winning platform for discovering and evaluating scientific articles via Smart Citations. Smart Citations allow users to see how a publication has been cited by providing the context of the citation and a classification describing whether it provides supporting or contrasting evidence for the cited claim. scite is a Brooklyn-based startup that helps …

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Subjects: E-Government, Education, Health Care, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Medicine, Search Engines

Alarmed by A.I. Chatbots, Universities Start Revamping How They Teach

The New York Times – “…Across the country, university professors like Antony Aumann, a philosophy professor at Northern Michigan University, department chairs and administrators are starting to overhaul classrooms in response to ChatGPT, prompting a potentially huge shift in teaching and learning. Some professors are redesigning their courses entirely, making changes that include more oral …

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Subjects: AI, Education, Internet, Knowledge Management

Jan6th Committee – Social Media & the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol – Summary of Investigative Findings

Washington Post – Social Media & the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol – Summary of Investigative Findings – “…The Select Committee has also collected evidence from a high-ranking employee serving on Twitter’s Safety Policy Team on January 6th; she said that she was deeply concerned about the content that was being posted on …

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Subjects: Congress, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Social Media

Legal Writing I & II: Legal Research and Writing & Introduction to Litigation Practice

Fernandez, Ben, Legal Writing I & II: Legal Research and Writing & Introduction to Litigation Practice (December 5, 2022). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4293995 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4293995 “Legal Writing I & II; Legal Research and Writing & Introduction to Litigation Practice contains a brief discussion of all of the topics covered in law school courses on legal …

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Subjects: Education, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

Sharing of misinformation is habitual, not just lazy or biased

PHYS.org: “USC researchers may have found the biggest influencer in the spread of fake news: social platforms’ structure of rewarding users for habitually sharing information. The team’s findings, published Tuesday by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, upend popular misconceptions that misinformation spreads because users lack the critical thinking skills necessary for discerning truth …

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Subjects: Internet, Knowledge Management, Social Media

How you could build a search that the fediverse would welcome

Anil Dash – “Mastodon and the fediverse are clearly taking off, bringing in millions of new users, and also organically inspiring a wave of technical innovation that dwarfs all of the efforts that the bribes and empty promises of the Web3 crypto bubble couldn’t touch. I’m even enjoying having settled into a relatively permanent new …

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Subjects: Internet, Knowledge Management, Search Engines, Social Media
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