Quartz: “Large language models (LLMs)—like ChatGPT—can help economists do better research, if they know how to use them correctly. This is part of the premise of a recent paper published in the National Bureau of Economic Research by Anton Korinek, an economics professor at the University of Virginia. To illustrate what LLMs could do in… Continue Reading
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US says Google routinely destroyed evidence and lied about use of auto-delete
Ars Technica: “The US government asked a federal court to sanction Google for allegedly using an auto-delete function on chats to destroy evidence needed in an antitrust lawsuit while falsely telling the government that it suspended its auto-deletion practices. The US motion to sanction Google seeks a ruling that Google violated the rule against spoliation… Continue Reading
The Reaction Economy
The London Review of Books: The Reaction Economy – William Davies – “When I deleted my Twitter account in September last year, provoked not by Elon Musk’s imminent takeover but by the suffocating quantity of royal coverage gushing from every media source, I was left feeling bereft, as any addict is when their drug is… Continue Reading
The 10 College Majors With the Highest (and Lowest) Post-Grad Unemployment Rates
Sacramento Bee: “U.S. unemployment may have hit its lowest rate in decades this January, but many Americans fresh out of college aren’t seeing gains like you might imagine from the robust job market. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s latest data on how recent graduates are faring in the labor market shows a college… Continue Reading
Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, February 26, 2023
Via LLRX – Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, February 26, 2023: Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly… Continue Reading
Law Clerk Selection and Diversity: Insights From Fifty Sitting Judges of the Federal Courts of Appeals
Fogel, Jeremy and Hoopes, Mary and Liu, Goodwin, Law Clerk Selection and Diversity: Insights From Fifty Sitting Judges of the Federal Courts of Appeals (November 30, 2022). Harvard Law Review, Forthcoming, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4290102 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4290102 “Judicial clerkships are key positions of responsibility and coveted opportunities for career advancement. Commentators have noted that the… Continue Reading
Texas asks Trump judge to declare most of federal government unconstitutional
Vox: “Earlier this month, Texas’s Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit claiming that the $1.7 trillion spending law that keeps most of the federal government — including the US military — operating through September of 2023 is unconstitutional. Paxton’s claims in Texas v. Garland, which turn on the fact that many of the… Continue Reading
Linux Foundation Europe launches the OpenWallet Foundation to power interoperable digital wallets
Tech Crunch: “The Linux Foundation‘s European off-shoot has formally launched the OpenWallet Foundation (OWF), a new collaborative effort designed to support interoperability between digital wallets through open source software. The launch comes some five months after the Linux Foundation first revealed plans to set up the OWF, shortly before it spun out a region-specific entity… Continue Reading
Nearly 30 percent of work remains remote as workers dig in
The Hill: “The pandemic may be winding down, but the work-from-home revolution marches on. Nearly 30 percent of all work happened at home in January, six times the rate in 2019, according to WFH Research, a data-collection project. In Washington and other large urban centers, the share of remote work is closer to half. In… Continue Reading
IRS Needs to Complete Modernization Plans and Fully Address Cloud Computing Requirements
Information Technology: IRS Needs to Complete Modernization Plans and Fully Address Cloud Computing Requirements, GAO-23-104719 Published: Jan 12, 2023. Publicly Released: Feb 07, 2023. “The Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) legacy IT environment includes applications, software, and hardware, which are outdated but still critical to day-to-day operations. Specifically, GAO’s analysis showed that about 33 percent of… Continue Reading
Salesforce offers 5 guidelines to reduce AI bias
Tech Republic: “Salesforce, which last year introduced its Einstein AI framework behind its Customer 360 platform, has published what it says is the industry’s first Guidelines for Trusted Generative AI. Written by Paula Goldman, chief ethical and humane use officer, and Kathy Baxter, principal architect of ethical AI at the company, the guidelines are meant… Continue Reading
Global internet connectivity at risk from climate disasters
E&E News ClimateWire: “The flow of digital information through fiber-optic cables lining the sea floor could be compromised by climate change. That’s according to new research published in the journal Earth-Science Reviews by scientists from the United Kingdom’s National Oceanography Centre and the University of Central Florida. They found that ocean and nearshore disturbances caused… Continue Reading
