Francesconi, E. The winter, the summer and the summer dream of artificial intelligence in law. Artif Intell Law (2022) [full text is free]. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10506-022-09309-8 “Presidential address to the 18th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Law, Enrico Francesconi – “This paper reflects my address as IAAIL president at ICAIL 2021. It is aimed to give… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: February 2022
News Corp. hacked, reporters targeted; believed China-linked
Lexington Herald Leader: “News Corp., publisher of The Wall Street Journal, said Friday that it had been hacked and had data stolen from journalists and other employees, and a cybersecurity firm investigating the intrusion said Chinese intelligence-gathering was believed behind the operation. The Journal, citing people briefed on the intrusion, reported that it appeared to… Continue Reading
Global Sanctions Dashboard: Groundhog Edition
“In our previous edition of the Global Sanctions Dashboard, we discussed the growing anti-kleptocracy movement in the United States and dug into designations across Africa. For this month’s Groundhog Edition—as Russia keeps us all in suspense in and around Ukraine—we will review current sanctions against Russia and the potential consequences the Kremlin may face should… Continue Reading
Corporate Climate Responsibility Monitor 2022
“The Corporate Climate Responsibility Monitor evaluates the transparency and integrity of companies’ climate pledges.Companies around the world are increasing 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 which… Continue Reading
Air Force taps Clearview AI to research face-identifying augmented reality glasses.
The New York Times: “The U.S. Air Force is looking into keeping its airfields safer with help from the facial recognition start-up Clearview AI. The Air Force Research Laboratory awarded Clearview $49,847 to research augmented reality glasses that could scan faces to help with security on bases. Bryan Ripple, a spokesman for the lab, described… Continue Reading
Professor Elemental & Tom Caruana – I Love Libraries (featuring Ella Jean)
See the YouTube Video “Head to www.professorelemental.com to buy the new charity single, raising money for a school library! Video directed by the brilliant Mr Andy Bobbin: https://andybobbin.com/ Taken from the album Nemesis by Professor Elemental & Tom Caruana Music by Tom Caruana Vocals by Professor Elemental & Ella Jean (c) Paul Alborough and Tom… Continue Reading
Top 10 Global Consumer Trends 2022
“Every year, Euromonitor International identifies emerging and fast-moving trends that are expected to gain traction in the year ahead. These trends provide insight into changing consumer values, exploring how consumer behaviour is shifting and causing disruption for businesses globally. Each of the 10 trends in this report follows the same format: Overview and defining characteristics;… Continue Reading
How Technology Is Changing Intelligence
Webinar now available: “The Hoover Institution hosted How Technology Is Changing Intelligence on Friday, February 4, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. PST. Emerging technologies are changing who can collect, analyze, and act on information on a global scale. Commercial satellite imagery enabled private citizens to observe the buildup of Russian troops near the Ukraine border and social media platforms provide… Continue Reading
‘He never stopped ripping things up’: Inside Trump’s relentless document destruction habits
Washington Post – “Trump’s shredding of paper in the White House was far more widespread and indiscriminate than previously known and — despite multiple admonishments — extended throughout his presidency. President Donald Trump tore up briefings and schedules, articles and letters, memos both sensitive and mundane. He ripped paper into quarters with two big, clean… Continue Reading
Rod Serling – Book banning and librarians
@RexChapman – “The Twilight Zone, any kid born in the 70s, watched this near bedtime & gave you good/bad dreams, superb tv. The Twilight Zone: “Obsolete Man” (1961) ‘Logic is an enemy, and truth is a menace.’ Romney Wordsworth is put on trial for being obsolete. His occupation as a librarian is punishable by death… Continue Reading
‘Preliminary research’ on COVID has been surprisingly solid
PopSci: “Before the COVID pandemic, peer-review was the beating heart of scientific publishing. In order forstudies to enter the body of scientific knowledge, the expectation was that researchers would submit them to academic journals, which would send the papers out to other experts for edits and revisions before publishing. But it’s a process that wasn’t… Continue Reading
9 Firefox Add-Ons for Reverse Image Search
MakeUseOf: “It can be tricky to find a website or tool to run a reverse image search from your browser. So, here are nine of the best Firefox add-ons to do so. But without an add-on, you can’t search by image on Firefox. Therefore, here we’ll take a look at nine of the best Firefox… Continue Reading
