Via LLRX – AI in Finance and Banking, November 30, 2024 – 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… Continue Reading
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This Website Shows How Much Google’s AI Can Glean From Your Photos
Wired [unpaywalled] – “Software engineer Vishnu Mohandas decided he would quit Google in more ways than one when he learned the tech giant had briefly helped the US military develop AI to study drone footage. In 2020, he left his job working on Google Assistant and also stopped backing up all of his images to… Continue Reading
AI is transforming the world of work, are we ready for it?
FT.com YouTube [free to view] – Generative AI is set to reshape the workplace. Business leaders in all sectors are eager to adopt AI tools to increase the productivity and efficiency of their workforces. With the technology changing so rapidly and the many uncertainties it brings, are businesses truly ready for it? Continue Reading
Yes, That Viral LinkedIn Post You Read Was Probably AI-Generated
Wired: “AI-generated writing is now all over the internet. The introduction of automated prose can sometimes change a website’s character, like when once beloved publications get purchased and overhauled into AI content mills. Other times, however, it’s harder to argue that AI really changed anything. For example, look at LinkedIn. The Microsoft-owned social media site… Continue Reading
Two Hundred Million Bluesky posts scrapped by 2 different groups
Failla A, Rossetti G (2024) “I’m in the Bluesky Tonight”: Insights from a year worth of social data. PLoS ONE 19(11): e0310330. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0310330 “Pollution of online social spaces caused by rampaging d/misinformation is a growing societal concern. However, recent decisions to reduce access to social media APIs are causing a shortage of publicly available, recent,… Continue Reading
Free AI background remover
Instantly remove distracting backgrounds from photos with the AI background remover. Swap in a new background, add graphics, and edit them further in Adobe Express, the quick and easy create-anything app. Continue Reading
The Law of Digital Resurrection
Haneman, Victoria J., The Law of Digital Resurrection (July 17, 2024). __ B.C. L. Rev. __ (forthcoming 2025)., Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4899324 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4899324 The digital right to be dead has yet to be recognized as an important legal right. Artificial intelligence, augmented reality, and nanotechnology have progressed to the point that personal data can… Continue Reading
Three AI Deepfake Attacks and How to Avoid Them
YouTube [includes transcript] “Deepfakes and AI voice cloning are making fraud more sophisticated and harder to detect. Watch as we break down real-world examples of companies targeted by AI-powered scams and how you can protect your organization. Key topics covered include: ▪ How $25M was lost due to a deepfake Zoom call scam. ▪ How… Continue Reading
MS Word is Using You to Train AI
Medium unpaywalled – How to turn off AI-scraping from your Word documents and a 2nd unpaywalled option: “Microsoft Office, like many companies in recent months, has slyly turned on an “opt-out” feature that scrapes your Word and Excel documents to train its internal AI systems. This setting is turned on by default, and you have… Continue Reading
Which countries are leading in AI?
Which countries are leading in AI? Global AI Vibrancy Tool – The Global AI Vibrancy Tool is an interactive visualization that facilitates cross-country comparisons of AI vibrancy across 36 countries, using 42 indicators organized into 8 pillars. It provides a transparent evaluation of each country’s AI standing based on user preferences, identifies key national indicators… Continue Reading
Act fast to snuff out employee curiosity over ‘free’ AI apps
CSO – “The word “free” has always tempted employees who are looking for an app or template to make their work easier. These days, combine “free” with “AI” and the lure is almost irresistible. Since the release of ChatGPT in late 2022, free AI-themed apps have exploded. Unfortunately, some are created by threat actors. One… Continue Reading
Brave Search adds AI chat for follow-up questions after your initial query
TechCrunch: “Brave announced on Thursday that it’s introducing an AI chat mode for follow-up questions based on initial queries on Brave Search. Earlier this year, the company launched “Answer with AI” summaries that appear above search results after you submit a query to give you an easy-to-read answer in response to a question. Now the… Continue Reading
