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Washington Post [no paywall]: “It’s been nearly a year since Elon Musk left the federal government, and while there have been a few recent revelations, there is still plenty about how the U.S. DOGE Service operated and what its members did in government that remains shrouded in mystery. For months, the Government Accountability Office has …
Brookings: Editor’s note: The key findings presented in this article were produced using a new interactive tool that generates estimates of the number of children likely affected by parental detention. These figures are estimates and should be interpreted accordingly. To learn more about the methodology and explore the tool yourself, click here. The Trump administration …
Topaz M, Roguin N, Gupta P et al. Fabricated citations: an audit across 2·5 million biomedical papers. Volume 407, Issue 10541 p1779-1781May 09, 2026 “Scientific literature depends on the integrity of its references. Each reference implicitly asserts that a verifiable source exists and supports the claims being made. When references point to non-existent studies, readers, …
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The New York Times Gift Article – “All Those A.I. Note Takers? They’re Making Lawyers Very Nervous. A trendy productivity hack, A.I. note takers are capturing every joke and offhand comment in many meetings. They could also potentially waive attorney-client privilege… A.I.-generated transcripts, which some video call apps allow users to turn on by default, …
Seth Chandler: “Anthropic just rolled out Claude for Legal, and even if you’re buried taking, grading or just having recurrent nightmares about exams, this post deserves ten minutes. At least three things matter for the academy: a law-student plugin with a summa cum laude portfolio of skills; a free CourtListener connector that does traditional legal …
Via LLRX – AI in Finance and Banking, May 15, 2026 – This semi-monthly column by Sabrina I. Pacifici highlights news, government documents, NGO/IGO papers, conferences, industry white papers and reports, academic papers and speeches, and central bank actions on the subject of AI’s fast paced impact on the banking and finance sectors. The chronological links provided …
Popular – Digital Image Archives – scroll down to locate the list, organized by subject. You will be familiar with some of the entries, but others will turn on the light and guide you to images from the ‘past’ that continue to resonate. They are not AI generated, and include music, design, political slogans and …
Der Spiegel: Nazi Card Index Digitized: The Lies Come to an End: “Over ten million people were in Hitler’s party, many keeping it secret for life. Now the registry is online, exposing Grandpa or Grandma with a few clicks. How is this new knowledge affecting Germany? On his dining table, Andreas Bönte spreads out his …
Craig Silverman, Indicator: “Last month, Google announced Skills in Chrome, an easy way to create and save reusable prompts that can run in your browser. Skills load in the Gemini tab in Chrome, and you can summon them with just a couple of clicks. This makes them faster than a third-party tool (though potentially less …
Via LLRX – Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, May 15, 2026 – 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 …
Washington Post: “The Justice Department issued subpoenas to the Wall Street Journal in March, seeking records related to coverage of the conflict in Iran. The paper reported Monday [May 11, 2026] that the requests pertained to a Feb. 23 article that published before the war began. The story described internal Pentagon concerns about an extended military …