Category «Knowledge Management»

Library of Congress Unveils Major Upgrades to Chronicling America Website

“The Library of Congress has launched a significant upgrade to its Chronicling America website, the nation’s leading free resource for historical U.S. newspapers. The updated platform now integrates fully with the Library’s broader loc.gov digital collections, offering enhanced accessibility, modern design and powerful research tools across all devices. The redesigned interface introduces numerous user-focused improvements, …

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

Trump Administration’s Continued War Against Science, Research and Public Health

Via LLRX – The Trump Administration’s Continued War Against Science, Research and Public Health – Sabrina I. Pacifici’s overview of selected articles highlights the devastating impact of the Trump administration’s dismantling of agencies across the federal government, with a focus on cancelling critical scientific and health related research grants, as reported in July, 2025. The total …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Climate Change, Congress, Economy, Education, Energy, Environmental Law, Financial System, Free Speech, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Health Care, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Medicine

At least 13.5% of biomedical science papers’ abstracts last year were likely crafted using artificial intelligence chatbots

Science Advances: “Large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT can generate and revise text with human-level performance. These models come with clear limitations, can produce inaccurate information, and reinforce existing biases. Yet, many scientists use them for their scholarly writing. But how widespread is such LLM usage in the academic literature? To answer this question for …

Subjects: AI, Health Care, Internet, Knowledge Management, Medicine

Presidential libraries preserve the records and burnish the legacies of America’s heads of state

The New Yorker – no paywall – “…”The threat that Trump poses to the maintenance of an accurate historical record should be obvious by now. During his first term, he was accused of shredding documents and flushing them down the toilet; after leaving office, he was criminally indicted for hoarding official files, some of them …

Subjects: E-Government, E-Records, Education, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Libraries

Are AI companies committed to a safe future?

Safrer AI: “We rate frontier AI companies’ risk management practices. Our objective is to make frontier AI safer through improved risk management practices and to enhance the accountability of private actors shaping the development of AI. Advanced AI systems are arguably one of the most transformative technologies ever built. Frontier AI companies are advancing technology …

Subjects: AI, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Internet, Knowledge Management

Reddit wants to be a search engine now

The Verge: “Reddit knows that it has valuable data from actual people — it’s already reached deals with big AI companies like OpenAI and Google to share its data with them. But Reddit is also investing in improving its own search capabilities, and in its latest note to investors, CEO Steve Huffman says that the …

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

Block Google Sign in PopUp

Mark Wyner Won’t Comply @[email protected] – So…who hates those Google log-in pop-ups that are seemingly everywhere now? Wanna make them go away? Get uBlock Origin (which you should have already been using): https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock Open the plugin and click the settings button. Click on the “my filters” tab and paste this into the input: ||accounts.google.com/gsi/*$xhr,script,3p

Subjects: Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Privacy, Search Engines

What Happened to AltaVista?

EM360 – The Rise and Fall of a Search Pioneer – “In 1995, one of the first major search engines came into existence in the form of an experiment born out of the research labs of Digital Equipment Corporation. This experiment, called AltaVista, would prove more successful than its team of developers, led by Paul …

Subjects: Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Libraries, Search Engines

Google could be reading your ChatGPT conversations. Concerned? You should be

Fast Company – no paywall – “Google is indexing conversations with ChatGPT that users have sent to friends, families, or colleagues—turning private exchanges intended for small groups into search results visible to millions. A basic Google site search using part of the link created when someone proactively clicks “Share” on ChatGPT can uncover conversations where …

Subjects: AI, Civil Liberties, E-Records, Health Care, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Search Engines

AI In Finance and Banking, July 31, 2025

Via LLRX – AI In Finance and Banking July 31, 2025. This semi-monthly column by Sabrina I. Pacifici highlights news, government documents, NGO/IGO papers, conferences, industry white papers and reports, academic papers and speeches, and central bank actions on the subject of AI’s fast paced impact on the banking and finance sectors. The chronological links …

Subjects: AI, Economy, Financial System, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

Artificial Intelligence and the Law: a discussion paper

UK. Law Commission: “The paper aims to raise awareness of legal issues regarding AI, prompting wider discussion of the topic, and to act as a step towards identifying those areas most in need of law reform. ” July 31, 2025.”…With the rapid development and improved performance of AI has come increased investment and wider and more …

Subjects: AI, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Legislation, Marketing, Search Engines

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