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Search Engine Land: “While Google still dominates local search, ChatGPT has made notable strides. Its local results, though not yet on par with Google’s, have improved significantly since we ranked it last among AI search tools less than a year ago. The key change? ChatGPT’s integration with Microsoft Bing’s search index last fall. While it now pulls …
Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, May 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 the increasingly complex …
Via LLRX – AI in Finance and Banking, April 30, 2025. 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 …
StateScoop – “In response to more than 280,000 federal employees affected by layoffs, buyouts and terminations by the Trump administration since February, a group of former Big Tech employees launched GovJobs.fyi, designed to help workers quickly find new positions. Similar to a job board from a San Francisco startup called Jobright.ai, the new AI-powered jobs …
Mostly Lawful Substack – Kyle K. Courtney – So here we are again — libraries as one of the last vanguards of real democratic values. When political power leans too hard, when laws are bent or broken, when public institutions are treated like disposable relics, somehow it’s librarians — and the people who believe in …
Banking Dive: “The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau withdrew dozens of pieces of prior guidance Monday, according to a document published to the Federal Register on Friday. The 67 rescinded items include guidance regarding fair lending, overdraft fees, buy now, pay later firms, earned wage access programs and more, in alignment with an internal memo Chief …
Via LLRX – AI In High-Stakes Litigation: The Critical Role of Experienced Attorney – Skepticism about AI is not only justified—it’s evidence of good judgment. There are indeed pitfalls to AI use. Inept use of AI won’t help you, but my experience has been that in the hands of skilled lawyers with good judgment, AI is …
Follow up to How Donald Trump Throttled Big Law – The New York Times [no paywall] “The tech giant instead engaged a firm that is fighting the president’s executive orders, Jenner & Block, in a sign that those firms can still attract clients. When big law firms attacked by President Trump decided to make a …
(iSeeCars) – “Buying a used car can be a stressful process, with questions about everything from a car’s accident history to its maintenance and care. If you’re buying a new vehicle from a dealership, you can be pretty confident it’s not a stolen car or one that has suffered a total loss from flood or …
ACASignUps.net “CVS Plans To Exit Obamacare In 2026, Affecting 1 Million Aetna Members – CVS Health plans to exit the individual health insurance business also known as Obamacare next year, leaving about 1 million Aetna members in 17 states looking for new coverage in 2026…CVS’ move to exit the individual insurance market comes as the …
Anthropic: “Jobs that involve computer programming are a small sector of the modern economy, but an influential one. The past couple of years have seen them changed dramatically by the introduction of AI systems that can assist with—and automate—significant amounts of coding work. In our previous Economic Index research, we found very disproportionate use of …
The New York Times: “Soon after President Donald J. Trump took office for his second term, thousands of health websites run by the federal government that kept the public informed about infectious diseases, mental health, vaccines and more were taken offline. Many eventually returned — in large part because a judge ordered the Centers for …