Why Gen Z is flocking from Twitter to LinkedIn

Fast Company: ““The bird is freed,” tweeted Elon Musk on October 27, 2022.  But these days, the bird is not flying high with Gen Z. The recent Twitter acquisition has led to an exodus of Gen Z users flocking to other social media platforms—even to professional ecosystems like LinkedIn.  I know because I’m a member …

Subjects: Economy, Education, Internet, Knowledge Management, Social Media

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, July 15, 2023

Via LLRX – Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, July 15, 2023 – 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 …

Subjects: AI, Congress, Copyright, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Government Documents, Legal Research, Legislation, Social Media

AI Content Detector – ChatGPT Plagiarism Checker

“ContentDetector.AI checks any written text material that is AI generated, including Chat GPT, GPT 3, and GPT 4 written content, and delivers an estimated percentage score based on the likelihood that the text content was generated by AI tools or software. In addition to that, it can count words and is completely free to use. …

Subjects: AI, Education, Internet, Knowledge Management, Social Media

Climate and the Economy

“What the numbers say: Between 1970 and 2021, climate-related disasters resulted in economic losses of around $4.3T, with tropical cyclones responsible for the highest portion of losses at 38%, closely followed by floods which accounted for 32%. Relevance: According to professional services firm Aon’s 2023 Weather, Climate, and Catastrophe Insight, economic losses from hurricanes increased …

Subjects: Climate Change, Economy, Environmental Law, Financial System

Listen to Wikipedia

“Listen to the sound of Wikipedia’s recent changes feed. Bells indicate additions and string plucks indicate subtractions. Pitch changes according to the size of the edit; the larger the edit, the deeper the note. Green circles show edits from unregistered contributors, and purple circles mark edits performed by automated bots. You may see announcements for …

Subjects: Education, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Social Media

Data scientists predict stock returns with AI and online news

Cornell Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science – “For years, the financial press has helped inform investors of all stripes. Cornell researchers have discovered it can also inform the algorithm behind a new financial predicting model.  In their paper, “News-Based Sparse Machine Learning Models for Adaptive Asset Pricing,” published in Data Science …

Subjects: AI, Economy, Education, Financial System, Knowledge Management

Corporate Climate Responsibility Monitor 2023

“The Corporate Climate Responsibility Monitor evaluates the transparency and integrity of companies’ climate pledges. Companies around the world are increasingly alert to the climate emergency. They face calls from a growing range of stakeholders to take responsibility for the impact of their activities. Most large companies now have public climate strategies and targets, many of …

Subjects: Climate Change, Economy, Financial System, Government Documents

Biggest Fossil Fuel Firms Responsible for a Third of Western Forests Burned

Yale Environment 360: “Emissions from the world’s 88 largest fossil fuel firms and cement makers are responsible for 37 percent of the forest burned in the western U.S. and Canada since 1986, according to a new study. “Over the last several decades, human-caused climate change has turned routine Western wildfires into exceptionally destructive events,” Kristina …

Subjects: Climate Change, Energy, Environmental Law