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MakeUseOf: “The latest hype wave around LLMs has created a new trend in the browser world. Everyone suddenly wants to make an “AI browser,” and even the big names like OpenAI and Perplexity are now trying to take on the absolute giant that Google Chrome has become. Competition is always good, especially in a space …
NOTE – The Epstein emails released on Wednesday November 12, 2025 are not the files the White House is fighting so hard to keep from coming out. See also Zeteo Scoured 26,000 Epstein Docs. Here’s What We Found You can search and review the emails here. Read what Epstein said about Trump, and his emails …
Lifehacker: “In a strange reversal of the usual seller/customer dynamic, Google is now giving buyers the power to send out their own robocalls. It’s not the first time the company has experimented with giving the average Joe the ability to send AI robocalls, but it is much more robust than previous outings. Rolling out today, …
ABA – Stepehen Embry: “I often hear from lawyers and legal professionals from small or solo firms about cost concerns when it comes to the use of AI, particularly for legal research. They worry about being left behind and being placed at a competitive disadvantage compared to large firms with sophisticated tools. They are literally …
Ars Technica – I got hacked; I lost my login; it was a rough draft; toggling windows is hard. “Amid what one judge called an “epidemic” of fake AI-generated case citations bogging down courts, some common excuses are emerging from lawyers hoping to dodge the most severe sanctions for filings deemed misleading. Using a database …
The New York Times – “More lawyers are using artificial intelligence to write legal briefs. Some colleagues are publicizing the A.I.-generated errors…While judges and bar associations generally agree that it’s fine for lawyers to use chatbots for research, they must still ensure their filings are accurate. But as the technology has taken off, so has …
UC Santa Barbara: “Thousands of songs representing some of the rarest and most uniquely American music borne from the Jazz Age and the Great Depression would have likely been lost to landfills and faded from memory. Fans and historians have long credited obsessive record collectors for preserving much of that music, and today they can …
Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, November 8, 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 complex and …
Semafor: “Users can ask open-ended questions, such as “What’s parking like at my destination?” or “Is there a good restaurant nearby?” It’s part of Google’s wider move toward AI: Google’s Meet, Docs, and Calendar all have AI functionality via the company’s Gemini model, and its AI can also read all of your Gmail messages. As …
Google’s Hidden Empire: This paper presents striking new data about the scale of Google’s involvement in the global digital and corporate landscape, head and shoulders above the other big tech firms. While public attention and some antitrust scrutiny has focused on these firms’ mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activities, Google has also been amassing an empire …
404 Media: “Last month, a company called the Children’s Literature Comprehensive Database announced a new version of a product called Class-Shelf Plus. The software, which is used by school libraries to keep track of which books are in their catalog, added several new features including “AI-driven automation and contextual risk analysis,” which includes an AI-powered …
404 Media: “The FBI is attempting to unmask the owner behind archive.today, a popular archiving site that is also regularly used to bypass paywalls on the internet and to avoid sending traffic to the original publishers of web content, according to a subpoena posted by the website. The FBI subpoena says it is part of …
