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EFF: “Trying to take control of your online privacy can feel like a full-time job. But if you break it up into small tasks and take on one project at a time it makes the process of protecting your privacy much easier. This month we’re going to do just that. For the month of October, …
JND Legal Administration: “The lawsuit alleges that Anthropic infringed copyrights by downloading datasets containing copyrighted books in violation of the federal Copyright Act. Anthropic denies all the allegations and denies that it did anything wrong. Anthropic argues that its use of the downloaded datasets was fair use. You can get more information about the lawsuit …
Wired: “Documents show that ICE plans to hire dozens of contractors to scan X, Facebook, TikTok, and other platforms to target people for deportation. United States immigration authorities are moving to dramatically expand their social media surveillance, with plans to hire nearly 30 contractors to sift through posts, photos, and messages—raw material to be transformed …
NewsGuard: The United States has “unilaterally disarmed in the information wars,” dismantling key defenses against Russian, Chinese, and Iranian disinformation efforts, NewsGuard Co-CEO Gordon warns in an op-ed published in the Washington Post on Oct. 6. Crovitz argues that recent actions by the Trump administration — including the effective shutdown of the Foreign Malign Influence …
“Social media companies fuel and profit off of hate and disinformation. Could they also be subsidizing it? Monetization.wtf is WHAT TO FIX’s go-to resource to investigate how social media platforms redistribute revenue to their users. With billions of dollars flowing through social media, understanding who gets paid by platforms, how much, and for what, is …
Via LLRX – Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, October 3, 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 …
Nature Scientific Reports [full text] – People are poorly equipped to detect AI-powered voice clones. Sarah Barrington, Emily A. Cooper & Hany Farid. “As generative artificial intelligence (AI) continues its ballistic trajectory, everything from text to audio, image, and video generation continues to improve at mimicking human-generated content. Through a series of perceptual studies, we report on …
The Register: “Tried by two-thirds of firms, ignored by most devs, and productivity barely moved. Software development was one of the first areas to adopt generative AI, but the promised revolution has so far delivered only modest productivity gains, and Bain says only a full rethink of the software lifecycle will shift the dial. As …
PC Mag: “…You probably already pay for internet access, but once you’re online, surfing the web doesn’t cost a penny. But as with many things that don’t have a cash price, you pay in other ways. Advertisers and data brokers monetize their knowledge about your online habits and activities. They use data that your browser …
How People Use ChatGPT, Aaron Chatterji, Working Paper 34255. DOI 10.3386/w34255. Issue Date, September 2025. Despite the rapid adoption of LLM chatbots, little is known about how they are used. We document the growth of ChatGPT’s consumer product from its launch in November 2022 through July 2025, when it had been adopted by around 10% …
“This is your guide to the heroic annual journeys made by over 450 bird species, and the challenges they face along the way. There are over 12,100 bird tracks from nearly 200 species, including new tagging data from the Motus Wildlife Tracking System, USGS Bird Banding Lab, and Movebank. The Bird Migration Explorer now has …
Via Kelly Smith’s LibGuide – U.S. Government Information: Shutdown – “In the event of a government shutdown due to a lapse in appropriations, agency contingency plans will indicate which of the agency’s activities will continue and which will cease, which staff will be furloughed and which are “excepted” from furlough, and other details. Unlike in …
