Trump administration has shut down more than 100 climate studies

MIT Technology Review [no paywall]: “The Trump administration has terminated National Science Foundation grants for more than 100 research projects related to climate change amid a widening campaign to slash federal funding for scientists and institutions studying the rising risks of a warming world. The move will cut off what’s likely to amount to tens …

Subjects: Censorship, Climate Change, Economy, Environmental Law, Financial System, Government Documents

Deep Research with AI: 9 Ways to Get Started

Wonder Tools: “The AI search landscape is transforming at breakneck speed. New “Deep Research” tools from ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity autonomously search and gather information from dozens — even hundreds — of sites, then analyze and synthesize it to produce comprehensive reports. While a human might take days or weeks to produce these 30-page citation-backed …

Subjects: AI, Internet, Knowledge Management, Search Engines

Information Ecosystems and Troubled Democracy: A Global Synthesis of the State of Knowledge on News Media, AI and Data Governance

Tech Policy Press – “Recently, an entity called the Observatory on Information and Democracy released a major report called “Information Ecosystems and Troubled Democracy: A Global Synthesis of the State of Knowledge on News Media, AI and Data Governance.” The report is the result of a combination of three research assessment panels comprised of over …

Subjects: Censorship, Climate Change, Education, Environmental Law, Government Documents, Legal Research

Which Legal AI Tools Are Law Firms Actually Using, How They Use Them, And Trends in AI Use

Artificial Lawyer: “A survey by Skills of which legal AI tools law firms are actually using provides multiple insights into where we are today. For example, Kira – which is part of Litera – remains by far the most popular tool for due diligence review. But, it’s followed by Harvey’s Vault feature – a relatively …

Subjects: AI, Courts, Economy, Education, Financial System, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Search Engines

New Free Tools to Track Corporate Misconduct Around the World

Global Investigative Journalism Network: “Large corporations often quietly pay individual fines for environmental, financial, or labor abuses without reporters noticing, or have patterns of misconduct that can be hard to quantify or easily missed. Sometimes, smaller companies will pay regulatory penalties without journalists realizing that they are subsidiaries controlled by influential parent companies or billionaires. …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System, Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

Judge Chutkan Lets Case Against Trump’s Shadow Government Proceed

LegalAF By Michael Popok: “A blockbuster ruling out of federal court just put the brakes on Donald Trump’s alleged attempt to bypass Congress and install a shadow government headed—at least in part—by none other than Elon Musk. Federal District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan has ruled that a lawsuit brought by 14 states challenging the legality …

Subjects: Courts, E-Government, E-Records, Government Documents

Project Push creates an archive of news alerts from around the world

NiemanLabs: “A little over a year ago, Matt Taylor began to feel like he was getting a few too many push notifications from the BBC News app. It’s a feeling many of us can probably relate to. Many people, myself included, have turned off news notifications entirely in the past few months. Taylor, however, went …

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

Safeguarding the Docket: A Roadmap for AI Agent Integration into Patent Docketing Workflows

Via LLRX – Safeguarding the Docket: A Roadmap for AI Agent Integration into Patent Docketing Workflows – Deadlines are everything in patent law. A missed deadline can result in abandoned patent applications, loss of rights, and costly malpractice claims. Accordingly, deadline management is one of the most important functions of patent docketing. Traditional docketing systems …

Subjects: AI, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Patent and Trademark

State Department set to launch ‘Office of Remigration’

Marisa Kabas – The Handbasket: “Secretary Marco Rubio’s State Department published a reorganization chart Thursday morning showing massive cuts to diplomatic offices and functions, plus a few new additions. Rubio’s department also reportedly sent the plan to Congress concurrently. What hasn’t been previously reported is the extensive 136-page document Congress received that includes the more …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Congress, Government Documents, Legal Research

The US Is Storing Migrant Children’s DNA in a Criminal Database

Wired – no paywall: “The United States government has collected DNA samples from upwards of 133,000 migrant children and teenagers—including at least one 4-year-old—and uploaded their genetic data into a national criminal database used by local, state, and federal law enforcement, according to documents reviewed by WIRED. The records, quietly released by the US Customs …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, E-Records, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Legal Research, Medicine, Privacy

This website shows what 8 billion people are doing right at this moment

BoingBoing: “Seven billion people are doing a lot of things right now — sleeping, caring for their families, working, relaxing, eating, learning, socializing, commuting, shopping, etc. — and there’s a website that tries to track it all, including some rather personal moments. The What The Hell Are People Doing? dashboard offers a playful peek at …

Subjects: E-Government, E-Records, Education, Food and Nutrition, Internet, Knowledge Management