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Against the Uncritical Adoption of ‘AI’ Technologies in Academia

Against the Uncritical Adoption of ‘AI’ Technologies in Academia. Guest, Olivia. Suarez, Marcela. Müller, Barbara. van Meerkerk, Edwin. Oude Groote Beverborg, Arnoud de Haan, Ronald. Reyes Elizondo, Andrea. Blokpoel, Mark. Scharfenberg, Natalia. Kleinherenbrink, Annelies. Camerino, Ileana. Woensdregt, Marieke. Monett, Dagmar. Brown, Jed. Avraamidou, Lucy. Alenda-Demoutiez, Juliette. Hermans, Felienne. van Rooij, Iris. Under the banner of …

Subjects: AI, Education, Internet, Knowledge Management

How JPMorgan Enabled the Crimes of Jeffrey Epstein

The New York Times gift article: “Epstein had long been a treasured customer at JPMorgan. His accounts were brimming with more than $200 million. He generated millions of dollars in revenue for the bank, landing him atop an internal list of major money makers. He helped JPMorgan orchestrate an important acquisition. He introduced executives to …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System, Government Documents, Internet, Legal Research

The story of how RSS beat Microsoft

Buttondown: “Massive tech companies tried to own syndication. They failed. People like to tell the story of how VHS beat Betamax because adult film studios backed VHS. It’s a clutch-your-pearls story that says nothing about why these multi-million-dollar businesses picked one format over the other. The real story is that while Betamax tapes had better …

Subjects: AI, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Microsoft, RSS, Search Engines

Your favorite book has a map.

Plotted – Your favorite book has a map. Create and explore interactive maps of worlds from books. Upload a map, or use the real world to create a map. Track character journeys, discover new places, and share your literary adventures. Create Your Map Explore All Maps Discover hand-picked journeys and stories from our community

Subjects: Internet, Knowledge Management, Libraries

USGS Unveils New National Geologic Map

“In a significant advancement for geoscience, the U.S. Geological Survey has released the most detailed national-scale geologic map of the country to date, offering a unique regional view of geology at and beneath the Earth’s surface. “Geologic maps have many uses, such as helping experts look for energy, mineral and water resources,” said Christopher Swezey, …

Subjects: E-Government, Education, Knowledge Management, Search Engines

U.S. Agency for International Development: An Overview

U.S. Agency for International Development: An Overview (CRS): “The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) served as the lead international humanitarian and development arm of the U.S. government. It was established in 1961, pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 10973, to implement components of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (FAA). Congress codified USAID in statute …

Subjects: Economy, Food and Nutrition, Government Documents, Health Care, Legal Research

How Are You Supposed To Get The COVID Vaccine Now? An Explainer.

The Defender: “If you are not in one of the 16-ish states requiring a prescription for a COVID vaccine, you should be able to self-report a condition and receive your vaccine….I’m high-risk and I want the vaccine. Can I walk into a pharmacy and get it? No, because that would be easy, and anti-vaccine activists …

Subjects: Censorship, Health Care, Medicine

“First of its kind” AI settlement: Anthropic to pay authors $1.5 billion

Ars Technica: “Settlement shows AI companies can face consequences for pirated training data. Authors revealed today that Anthropic agreed to pay $1.5 billion and destroy all copies of the books the AI company pirated to train its artificial intelligence models. In a press release provided to Ars, the authors confirmed that the settlement is “believed …

Subjects: AI, Copyright, Courts, Internet, Legal Research, Libraries

New Study: How Often Do AI Assistants Hallucinate Links? (16 Million URLs Studied)

ahrefsblog: “AI assistants like ChatGPT and Claude can hallucinate URLs and direct visitors to non-existent pages on your website. But how often does it happen? To find out, we looked at the http status of 16 million unique URLs cited by ChatGPT, Perplexity, Copilot, Gemini, Claude, and Mistral. We found that AI assistants send visitors …

Subjects: AI, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Search Engines

Save an entire web page as a single HTML file with just one click.

“SingleFile is a browser extension that allows you to save an entire web page, including all its resources (e.g., images, stylesheets, fonts, frames, etc.), as a single HTML file with just one click. The saved page can be displayed offline in any browser without needing to install any extension. Ideal for researchers, students, and professionals …

Subjects: Internet, Knowledge Management, Search Engines

Google AI Mode may become default Google Search experience soon

Search Engine Land: “Logan Kilpatrick, lead product manager for Google, said on Friday that Google’s AI Mode will be the “default” search experience for Google Search “soon.” We know Google said AI Mode is the future of Google Search, Liz Reid, the head of Google Search announced that in May 2025. And now that may …

Subjects: AI, E-Commerce, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Privacy, Search Engines

14 secret codes to enable hidden menus on my iPhone and Android

ZDNET – This is one of the codes referenced in the article. 67 Hide Caller ID for one call (iPhone and Android). In the US, dialing *67 before a phone number hides your caller ID for that one call, making “Private Number” appear on the recipient’s screen, which is useful when calling businesses or people …

Subjects: Internet, Privacy

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