Lucidea, Lauren Hays: “Many organizations are starting to develop policies on the use of generative AI. I believe it is important for librarians to be involved in this process due to our expertise in information systems, data management, information ethics, user advocacy, copyright and intellectual property, and information literacy. How Can Librarians Support AI Policy… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: September 2024
Generative AI, Plagiarism, and Copyright Infringement in Legal Documents
Cyphert, Amy, Generative AI, Plagiarism, and Copyright Infringement in Legal Documents (May 10, 2024). WVU College of Law Research Paper No. 2024-14, Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology, Vol. 25 (2024), Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4938701 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4938701 – “Lawyers are increasingly using generative AI in their legal practice, especially for drafting motions and other… Continue Reading
Society at a Glance 2024 OECD Social Indicators
Society at a Glance 2024: OECD Social Indicators, the tenth edition of the biennial OECD overview of social indicators, addresses the growing demand for quantitative evidence on social well-being and its trends. The report features a special chapter on fertility trends which discusses evidence from recent OECD analysis on the effect of labour market outcomes,… Continue Reading
Justice Alito’s Stock Portfolio Stands Apart on US Supreme Court
Bloomberg via Yahho News: “Justice Samuel Alito is the only US Supreme Court member with a stake in more than two dozen individual companies, a distinction that threatens to sideline him from major business cases. Alito or his wife own tens of thousands of dollars of stock in companies including Raytheon Co., ConocoPhillips and a… Continue Reading
Why a ruling against the Internet Archive threatens the future of America’s libraries
MIT Technology Review – “The decision locks libraries into an ecosystem that is not in readers’ interests. Congress must act. I was raised in the 1980s and ’90s, and for my generation and generations before us, the public library was an equalizing force in every town, helping anyone move toward the American dream. In Chantilly,… Continue Reading
Misinformation Dashboard: Election 2024
“A tool tracking the topics and tactics of 2024 election misinformation Election misinformation poses an existential threat to democracy but can be difficult to analyze and assess through individually debunked falsehoods published by different fact-check organizations. Collecting and cataloguing examples of misinformation reveals valuable insights into the common disinformation tactics and narratives that threaten to… Continue Reading
Use These 8 Sites to Find Unique and Niche Books
MakeUseOf: “If you’re like me, nothing beats the thrill of discovering a book that’s a little off the beaten path. Whether it’s a rare edition, an obscure title, or a self-published chef-d’oeuvre, I’ve found that some of the most interesting reads come from places that aren’t your typical big-name bookstores…Sometimes, the best recommendations come straight… Continue Reading
FHFA Releases Mortgage Loan and Natural Disaster Dashboard
“The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) released an online risk analysis tool [and a FAQ] that provides geographic estimates for physical risks from various types of natural disasters as well as nationwide data on housing and the mortgage market. The tool — known as the Mortgage Loan and Natural Disaster Dashboard — is intended to give… Continue Reading
This Tool Finds Matching Usernames Across 400 Social Media Networks
Lifehacker: “Want to check if a particular internet handle you encountered online (or created yourself) is being used on any other social networks or websites? Sherlock is a free command line application that scans around 400 social networks and finds accounts that match whatever username you type in. Using this service couldn’t be simpler: Just… Continue Reading
Brevity is money when using AI for data analysis
Cornell Chronicle: ” “It pays to be brief when asking artificial intelligence tools to mine massive datasets for insights, according to Cornell researcher Immanuel Trummer. That’s why Trummer, associate professor of computer science in the Cornell Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science, has developed a new computational system, called Schemonic, that cuts… Continue Reading
Discrimination: Considerations for Machine Learning, AI Models, and Underlying Data
American Academy of Actuaries primer on Discrimination: Considerations for Machine Learning, AI Models, and Underlying Data. This issue brief explores the topic of discrimination in machine learning algorithms and artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms, and the underlying data of these models. It will define discrimination (including distinguishing between discrimination, unfair discrimination, and unjust discrimination); present practical… Continue Reading
Your Phone Has a Free, Hidden Scanning Feature
Wirecutter: “Smartphones are the Swiss Army knives of the digital world, but not all of their tools are obvious. Case in point: Your camera app is clearly designed to snap photos and capture videos, but did you know that it’s also a mobile scanning app? If you’re like me, you may have spent years just… Continue Reading
