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Daily Archives: July 30, 2024
An open copyright casebook, featuring AI, Warhol and more
Pluralistic: “Few debates invite more uninformed commentary than “IP” – a loosely defined grab bag that regulates an ever-expaning sphere of our daily activities, despite the fact that almost no one, including senior executives in the entertainment industry, understands how it works. Take reading a book. If the book arrives between two covers in the… Continue Reading
The AI Search War Has Begun
Follow up to Perplexity is cutting checks to publishers following plagiarism accusations See also The Atlantic [unpaywalled] – And tech companies might not be the winners. “Every second of every day, people across the world type tens of thousands of queries into Google, adding up to trillions of searches a year. Google and a few… Continue Reading
Climate change indicators
Climate Change Indicators: Zachary Labe – “I’m a Climate Scientist (Atmospheric) at NOAA GFDL | PhD | trying to visualize the signal from a lot of noise. Broadly, I am interested in a signal-to-noise problem. The signal is climate change. The noise is weather. My research intends to disentangle the two components to improve our… Continue Reading
Why Paper Checks Refuse to Die
The New York Times [unpaywalled] – “It’s hard to avoid hassle — or fraud — when you’re required to pay with paper and ink. Here’s why checks persist and why some people don’t mind…But if you haven’t used a check in years and consider it a badge of honor, that may say a lot about… Continue Reading
Perplexity is cutting checks to publishers following plagiarism accusations
The Verge: “Perplexity is launching a program to share ad revenue with publishing partners following weeks of plagiarism accusations. Perplexity’s “Publishers’ Program” has recruited its first batch of partners, including prominent names like Time, Der Spiegel, Fortune, Entrepreneur, The Texas Tribune, and Automattic (with WordPress.com participating but not Tumblr). Under this program, when Perplexity features… Continue Reading
Nimbo – Air Quality Data
Nimbo: A project automated with KIUU to raise awareness of air quality. For each major city in Europe there is a visual representation and Air pollution (CAQI – UE) rating data [from very low to very high, on a daily basis.] Users may easily explore past dates as well as choose among the cites, and… Continue Reading
How To Check Whether You’re Chatting With a Real Person or AI
Make Use Of – Quick Links The Conversation Style Is Overly Formal Refusal to Answer Phone Calls or Video Chats They’re Unable to Answer Complex or Probing Questions Attempts to Gain Access to Your Personal Data They Try to Redirect You to External Links Lack of Humor in Responses Key Takeaways You can tell you’re… Continue Reading
You put stuff out for recycling. What happens next might surprise you.
Christian Science Monitor: “Recycling is one of the most recognized forms of environmental conservation in the United States. But differing standards for curbside recycling programs across the country and changes in the recycling industry can confuse consumers: What really happens after they toss items into a blue or green bin? Before and during World War… Continue Reading
AI facial recognition scanned millions of driver licences
ABC News AU – Then an innocent man got locked up. “A new kind of powerful AI was driving a rollout of facial recognition in law enforcement. It wasn’t just the US. This was happening around the world, including in Australia. For police, the benefits were obvious. Facial recognition could analyse a blown-up still taken… Continue Reading
