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Daily Archives: March 12, 2023

Opinionate.io

Opinionate.io – Let AI debate your own topic or press Generate topic. Two debaters and a moderator. You indicate how many arguments each debater should present. I posited, “why should the abortion pill be available at all pharmacies in America?” The arguments were cogent and well articulated.

BookFinder.com

“BookFinder.com is a one-stop ecommerce search engine that searches over 150 million books for sale—new, used, rare, out-of-print, and textbooks. We save you time and money by searching every major catalog online, and letting you know which booksellers are offering the best prices and selection. When you find a book you like, you can buy… Continue Reading

ChatGPT and AI Applications for In-house Lawyers

ACC Docket: “The explosive emergence of ChatGPT as a consumer tool has catapulted Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its subfield, natural language processing (NLP), to the technology stage. As AI and NLP continue to evolve, the use of AI-powered tools, such as the Generative Pre-trained Transformer (GPT), in the legal industry has become increasingly prevalent. Many… Continue Reading

AI Content Detector

“How does the AI Content Detector work? The AI Detector is trained to precisely predict the origin of the text by using a combination of machine learning algorithms along with natural language processing techniques.  Using a vast dataset of content created by AI and human-written content, the tool is trained to learn the patterns and… Continue Reading

Current Causes of Death in Children and Adolescents in the United States

New England Journal of Medicine: “The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released updated official mortality data that showed 45,222 firearm-related deaths in the United States in 2020 — a new peak. Although previous analyses have shown increases in firearm-related mortality in recent years (2015 to 2019), as compared with the relatively stable… Continue Reading

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, March 11, 2023

Via LLRX – Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, March 11, 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

Only 14 countries have full equal rights for women

World Economic Forum: “There are only 14 countries in the world which offer full legal protections to women, according to the report Women, Business and the Law 2023, recently published by the World Bank. Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Latvia, Luxembourg, Portugal, Spain and Sweden as well as Germany and the Netherlands were… Continue Reading

The ChatGPT list of lists

Medium: “A collection of 3000+ prompts, examples, use-cases, tools, APIs, extensions, fails and other resources. Oh, ChatGPT! Some 2 months on the market and a not so tiny ecosystem has developed all on its own, with lists of prompts, tips, APIs, use cases, extensions, success stories and failures. ChatGPT is the first true foundation model… Continue Reading

ClearGov Launches ChatGPT Tool for Municipal Budgets

Government Technology: “ChatGPT is getting a chance to prove itself in municipal budgeting via a new tool from Massachusetts-based government technology vendor ClearGov. AI is perhaps the hottest new thing in gov tech, poised to play a role in everything from education to transit to public agency communications. Few tasks are more important to government… Continue Reading

Climate Change and Social Vulnerability in the United States: A Focus on Six Impacts

EPA. 2021. Climate Change and Social Vulnerability in the United States: A Focus on Six Impacts. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA 430-R-21-003. “Climate change affects all Americans—regardless of socioeconomic status—and many impacts are projected to worsen. But individuals will not equally experience these changes. This report  improves our understanding of the degree to which four… Continue Reading