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AI: Major Threat or Just the Next Tech Thing?

Gallup: “As artificial intelligence transitions from abstraction to reality, U.S. adults are evenly divided on its implications for humankind. Forty-nine percent say AI is “just the latest in a long line of technological advancements that humans will learn to use to improve their lives and society,” while an equal proportion say it is “very different …

Subjects: AI, Economy, Education, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

Bunker Busters

Mark Magazine #66 February/March 2017 – “Contemporary warriors are retreating more and more from the battle field and exchange guns for computers like the one this article is written with. But unlike me, these warriors are sitting in maximum security installations like bunkers. Therefore, hitting a bunker is a military jackpot, eliminating drone pilots, cyber …

Subjects: Defense, Legal Research

OpenAI experiments with new “Study together” tool on ChatGPT

Brainyacts: “What we know so far: Some users got access to a new tool called “Study together”, which acts differently and guides you through the study process step by step. penAI is preparing a new feature called “Study together”, which has started appearing in system hints for some users within ChatGPT’s main prompt, alongside familiar …

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

The Supreme Court as Enabler of Dictatorship

American Prospect – Robert Kuttner: “Once again, the Supreme Court has issued an extreme ruling, this time upholding President Trump’s right to order mass firings of government employees, in plain violation of Congress’s authority. And once again, the Court relied on the so-called shadow docket, issuing an emergency procedure staying lower-court injunctions, allowing the justices …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Congress, Courts, Government Documents, Legal Research

OpenAI to release web browser in challenge to Google Chrome

Reuters – no paywall: “OpenAI is close to releasing an AI-powered web browser that will challenge Alphabet’s, market-dominating Google Chrome, three people familiar with the matter told Reuters. The browser is slated to launch in the coming weeks, three of the people said, and aims to use artificial intelligence to fundamentally change how consumers browse …

Subjects: AI, E-Commerce, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Search Engines

The AI Scraping Fight That Could Change the Future of the Web

WSJ: “Publishers are stepping up efforts to protect their websites from tech companies that hoover up content for new AI tools. The media companies have sued, forged licensing deals to be compensated for the use of their material, or both. Many asked nicely for artificial-intelligence bots to stop scraping. Now, they are working to block …

Subjects: AI, Copyright, Courts, E-Commerce, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

Jeffrey Epstein’s Little Black Book Unredacted

Ken Klippenstein – “Jeffrey Epstein Had 1,000+ Victims. Industrial scale abuse enterprise far larger than previously believed is revealed in new document. Twenty years after Jeffrey Epstein was exposed for his child sex abuse enterprise, the Justice Department this week made a startling revelation. Rather than the “dozens” of victims previously alleged by the government …

Subjects: Courts, Government Documents, Legal Research

In the fight against foreign information manipulation, the US can’t afford to disarm

Atlantic Council: “As its adversaries wage an information war, the United States is retreating from the front lines. Washington has dismantled key programs for countering foreign information manipulation and interference (FIMI), such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Foreign Influence Task Force. This leaves a dangerous vacuum in the US national defense posture. If left …

Subjects: AI, Censorship, Civil Liberties, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Defense, Free Speech, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

What are free trade agreements and how do they affect trade?

USAFacts: “The US has 14 agreements covering trade with 20 countries. Free trade agreements are strategic partnerships between countries that trade with each other by reducing barriers to entry to the international market for producers, standardizing labor practices, and ensuring affordability and safety for consumers, and more. Compared to a trade war, free trade agreements …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System, Government Documents, Legal Research