ChatGPT vs. Google Translate: Which Is Better At Translation?

MakeUseOf: “Key Takeaways ChatGPT has the potential to challenge Google Translate’s dominance in machine translation due to its ability to provide interpretations of idioms, preserving meaning and intent. Both Google Translate and ChatGPT have their strengths and weaknesses in general translation accuracy, with ChatGPT getting closer to the nuance of the message in some cases. …

Subjects: AI, Education, Internet

FEMA and FCC Plan Nationwide Emergency Alert Test for Oct. 4, 202

Test Messages Will be Sent to All TVs, Radios and Cell Phones – “FEMA, in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), will conduct a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) this fall. The national test will consist of two portions, testing WEA and EAS capabilities. Both tests are scheduled to begin …

Subjects: E-Government

LinkedIn goes big on new AI tools for learning, recruitment, marketing and sales, powered by OpenAI

Tech Crunch: “LinkedIn — the Microsoft-owned social platform for those networking for work or recruitment — is now 21 years old, an aeon in the world of technology. To stay current with what the working world is thinking about most these days, and to keep its nearly 1 billion users engaging on its platform, today …

Subjects: AI, Knowledge Management, Social Media

FTC Sues Amazon for Illegally Maintaining Monopoly Power

Tech Crunch: “Attorneys general from 17 states joined the FTC in the lawsuit, alleging that Amazon leverages a “set of interlocking anticompetitive and unfair strategies” to maintain a monopoly. The states that signed onto the FTC’s action are Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Nevada, New York, Oklahoma, …

Subjects: E-Commerce, Government Documents, Legal Research, Marketing, Search Engines

Language Models, Plagiarism, and Legal Writing

Smith, Michael L., Language Models, Plagiarism, and Legal Writing (August 16, 2023). University of New Hampshire Law Review, Vol. 22, (Forthcoming), Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4542723. “Language models like ChatGPT are the talk of the town in legal circles. Despite some high-profile stories of fake ChatGPT-generated citations, many practitioners argue that language models are the way …

Subjects: AI, Education, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

Can Sensitive Information Be Deleted From LLMs?

Can Sensitive Information Be Deleted From LLMs? Objectives for Defending Against Extraction Attacks. Vaidehi Patil, Peter Hase, Mohit Bansal: “Pretrained language models sometimes possess knowledge that we do not wish them to, including memorized personal information and knowledge that could be used to harm people. They can also output toxic or harmful text. To mitigate …

Subjects: AI, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, E-Records, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Privacy

Is Your AI Model Going Off the Rails?

WSJ – “As generative AI creates new risks for businesses, insurance companies sense an opportunity to cover the ways AI could go wrong…Taking a page from cybersecurity insurance, which saw an uptick in the wake of major breaches several years ago, insurance providers have started taking steps into the AI space by offering financial protection …

Subjects: AI, Copyright, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

September 2023 Issue of LLRX

LLRX Articles and Columns for September 2023 Adding a ‘Group Advisory Layer’ to Your Use of Generative AI Tools Through Structured Prompting: The G-A-L Method – The emergence of Large Language Models (LLMs) in legal research signifies a transformative shift – Dennis Kennedy Keeping Up With Generative AI in the Law – Rebecca Fordon AI in …

Subjects: AI, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, E-Commerce, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Marketing, Privacy

Don’t Let Zombie Zoom Links Drag You Down

Krebs on Security: “Many organizations — including quite a few Fortune 500 firms — have exposed web links that allow anyone to initiate a Zoom video conference meeting as a valid employee. These company-specific Zoom links, which include a permanent user ID number and an embedded passcode, can work indefinitely and expose an organization’s employees, …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Internet, Privacy