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Via LLRX – AI slop and the destruction of knowledge – Iris van Rooij is Professor of Computational Cognitive Science at the School of Artificial Intelligence in the Faculty of Social Sciences at Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Her research focuses on the computational foundations of cognitive science. Recently she was looking for information on what …
Lande, John, A Video Guide for Teaching Law Students to Use AI Wisely (August 21, 2025). University of Missouri School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2025-38, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5400065 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5400065 “This article introduces a video that provides practical guidance about using artificial intelligence (AI) in legal education. It presents a basic …
The Spacebar – “Ever since ChatGPT’s release in 2022, the tech industry has been in a frenzy to push generative AI anywhere and everywhere. It’s now in every corner of our lives, even outside of direct interactions with technology… but frequently in a negative context. Tech companies wanted “AI” to be the brand for innovation …
“FracTracker, the project, was originally developed to investigate health concerns and data gaps surrounding western PA fracking. Today, as a non-profit organization, FracTracker Alliance supports groups across the United States, addressing pressing extraction-related concerns with a lens toward health effects and exposure risks on communities from oil and gas development. We provide timely and provocative …
PC Mag: Privacy Under Fire: Instagram Is Mapping You, Otter Is Recording You, and Smishers Are After Your Amazon Account …Watch out for this one. If you’re not familiar with the term “smishing,” it’s a portmanteau of “SMS phishing.” It just describes attacks like this one, reported by IT Security Guru, where you get a …
NewsGuard Reality Check: Debunk: U.S. is One of 33 Countries That Uses Mail-in Ballots, Contrary to Trump and Pro-Kremlin Claims. What happened: Donald Trump and pro-Russian and conservative sources are falsely claiming that the United States is the only country that permits voting by mail, advancing the argument that the method leads to widespread corruption …
Visual Capitalist: “U.S. tariffs have climbed to an average rate of 18.6%—the highest since 1933. But what does this mean for everyday consumers? This visualization, developed in collaboration with the Hinrich Foundation, highlights major goods expected to face sustained price increases due to rising tariffs. Based on data from the Yale Budget Lab, it explores …
MakeUseOf – “I use Firefox primarily because I have always believed it’s the gold standard for privacy. This is more than an assumption—it’s how the browser markets itself. However, after many years of using the browser, I quit. It took some deep digging, but honestly, beyond the surface, the cracks begin to show…So yes, I …
The Atlantic – Our picture book was pulled from library shelves in Florida [no paywall]: The argument being used to defend the ban threatens the right to read. By Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell. “In 2023, our book was one of thousands pulled from library shelves around the country, and as we write, an evolving …
Tara Calishain – “Do your Internet research tasks include a lot of date-based searching? I find that date-based searching helps a lot when searching historical (and man do I feel weird saying that about stuff that happened just a couple decades ago) events, companies, people and information. The results you’ll find when searching for something …
Common Dreams: “It’s clear that Trump doesn’t want the public weighing in on these dangerous deregulatory initiatives,” said Katie Tracy of Public Citizen. On Friday, the General Services Administration—an independent agency that supports the functioning of the government bureaucracy—quietly eliminated a tool known as the POST Application Programming Interface (API) from the Regulations.gov website. Last …
Fortune: “Companies are betting on AI—yet nearly all enterprise pilots are stuck at the starting line. The GenAI Divide: State of AI in Business 2025, a new report published by MIT’s NANDA initiative, reveals that while generative AI holds promise for enterprises, most initiatives to drive rapid revenue growth are falling flat. Despite the rush …
