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DefectTechTimes – “The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has quietly signed a new $5.7 million deal to use advanced artificial intelligence (AI) software for social media surveillance. Federal records show that ICE will now have access to a system called Zignal Labs, a platform that can analyze more than 8 billion online posts every …
Gizmodo: Clickbait Gives AI Models ‘Brain Rot,’ Researchers Find – “If you think scrolling the internet all day is making you dumber, just imagine what it’s doing to large language models that consume a near-endless stream of absolute trash crawled from the web in the name of “training.” A research team recently proposed and tested a …
Washington Post via MSN: “Smaller law firms are being pressed to their limits as they try to pick up the legal slack. The largest law firms in the United States have been far less likely to challenge President Donald Trump’s policies than they were during his first term, and smaller firms are carrying much more …
We’re Good at Search Just Not the Kind That the AI era Demands – a Provocation Oct 23, 2025. Abstract: Derived from Perplexity.AI. This essay by Aaron Tay explores the evolving landscape of search in the age of AI, focusing on the shifting challenges and skillsets faced by librarians and information professionals. Tay argues that …
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Note: ICE has the thirteenth largest military budge, in the world. ICE boosts weapons spending 700%. A Popular Information investigation reveals tens of millions in new ICE spending on guns, chemical weapons, and explosives. The Independent: “Customers of many of the country’s most popular streaming services have expressed concerns after Immigration and Customs Enforcement recruitment …
MakeUseOf: “At first, all of this AI stuff felt exciting. I was curious to try everything (I was actually one of the few naive people who thought the Rabbit R1 was a good product before it eventually launched), and for a while, it felt useful.But over time, I realized AI isn’t just affecting smartphones; it’s …
Follow up to previous post – Trump’s demolition of the White House East Wing is nearly complete, see also: Via Bellingcat – New satellite images show the scale of demolition that has occurred on the East Wing of the White House – and as follows: The New York Times “Obituary” A Pile of Rubble: After …
Via LLRX – Courts Adapt to the Challenges of Generative AI – AI in Law & Legal Tech Expert Nicole L. Black frames how AI is changing how legal work gets done, and the effects aren’t limited to law offices. Other legal organizations are equally impacted, including the courts. As judicial offices around the country grapple with …
ProPublica: “…Although ICE is conducting itself out in the open, even inviting conservative social media influencers to accompany its agents on high-profile raids, the agency operates in darkness. The identities of DHS officers, their salaries and their operations have long been withheld for security reasons and generally exempted from disclosure under the Freedom of Information …
The Verge Jamie Siminoff’s new book, Ding Dong charts how his video doorbell startup turned into a home security behemoth. A set of changes to TikTok’s law enforcement policy make it easier for the company to share users’ personal information with government and “regulatory authorities.” TikTok did not respond to repeated questions about the changes. …
Salon – The far-right gang has been fully absorbed by Trump’s White House: “The first thing to understand about antifa is that it is not real. Yes, as a journalist, I’m obligated to offer some throat-clearing nuance: There is a thing called antifa that has existed for a long time, in the sense that there have …
