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“The IPIE’s landmark assessment reveals that the greatest barrier to climate action is the global spread of misinformation about climate science. The IPIE’s Scientific Panel on Information Integrity about Climate Science latest assessment, Information Integrity about Climate Science: A Systematic Review, and its accompanying Summary for Policymakers, represents the most comprehensive analysis yet of how …
Politico.eu: “Donald Trump’s return to the White House is forcing Europe to reckon with a major digital vulnerability: The U.S. holds a kill switch over its internet. As the U.S. administration raises the stakes in a geopolitical poker game that began when Trump started his trade war, Europeans are waking up to the fact that …
Using AI Right Now: A Quick Guide – “Which AIs to use, and how to use them. Every few months I put together a guide on which AI system to use. Since I last wrote my guide, however, there has been a subtle but important shift in how the major AI products work. Increasingly, it …
The Pentagon Pizza Orders Conspiracy Theory Explainer. The bigger the crisis and the more time government staffers are stuck in their offices, the more pizza they eat. At least that’s what the internet thinks according to the “Pizza Meter” theory, which some believe could even predict the beginning of a possible World War III. The …
404 Media: “This is a moment where that community feels collectively under threat and isn’t sure what the process is for solving the problem.” “Popular Information AI bots that scrape the internet for training data are hammering the servers of libraries, archives, museums, and galleries, and are in some cases knocking their collections offline, according …
The world’s best AI fact-checking tool is now available to all as a completely free GPT. “People rightly asked me for an introduction for people who have never used SIFT Toolbox. Here it is — I just released a non-hallucinating rigorous AI-based fact-checker that anyone can use for free. And I don’t say that lightly: …
CATO Institute: “New nonpublic data from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) indicate that the government is primarily detaining individuals with no criminal convictions of any kind. Also, among those with criminal convictions, they are overwhelmingly not the violent offenses that ICE continuously uses to justify its deportation agenda. ICE has shared this data with people …
Grist: “By the time President Donald Trump retook office, lawmakers had announced nearly $700 billion in funding for infrastructure- and climate-related projects under two bills passed during Joe Biden’s administration — the Inflation Reduction Act and the bipartisan infrastructure law. That money was promised to all sorts of community and local projects, from clean energy …
Via LLRX– Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, June 21, 2025. Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, finance, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly …
Above the Law: But There Isn’t A Ton Of Good News For Biglaw Firms That Bent A Knee To Trump: Lots — and lots — of bad news though. These articles discuss partner and associate defections. One important note that may be slowing the rate of movement: “Cadwalader has seen a number (Opens in a …
The DuckDuckGo browser’s built-in Scam Blocker guards against phishing sites, malware, and other common online scams. It’s on by default, so you’re protected as soon as you open the browser. NEW: Scam Blocker now also covers sham e-commerce sites, fake cryptocurrency exchanges, “scareware” that falsely claims your device has a virus, and other sites known …
The Atlantic no paywall: “The AI takeover is changing everything about the web—and not necessarily for the better…Even without actively seeking out a chatbot, billions of people are now pushed to interact with AI when searching the web, checking their email, using social media, and online shopping. Ninety-two percent of Fortune 500 companies use OpenAI …
