“NAIAC’s work supports the Biden-Harris administration’s ongoing efforts to advance a comprehensive approach to AI-related risks and opportunities. Congress directs the NAIAC to submit a report to the President and Congress after the first year, and then again every three years, to provide the Committee’s findings and recommendations on the National AI Initiative. Congress has… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: June 2023
Supreme Court Narrows Federal Jurisdiction Under Clean Water Act
CRS Legal Sidebar Supreme Court Narrows Federal Jurisdiction Under Clean Water Act June 21, 2023 – On May 25, 2023, the Supreme Court decided Sackett v. EPA, a case with significant implications for the scope of federal jurisdiction under the Clean Water Act (CWA). While the Court unanimously agreed that the lower court applied the wrong… Continue Reading
How Review-Bombing Can Tank a Book Before It’s Published
The New York Times – “The website Goodreads has become an essential avenue for building readership, but the same features that help generate excitement can also backfire. In an era when reaching readers online has become a near-existential problem for publishers, Goodreads has become an essential avenue for building an audience. As a cross between… Continue Reading
Do NOT, I Repeat, Do NOT Use ChatGPT For Legal Research
Above the Law – Nicole Black – These chatbots are bald-faced liars that pull facts out of thin air. “In light of recent events, I feel obliged to write this post, if only to create an internet breadcrumb upon which over-caffeinated lawyers hellbent on cutting legal research corners might stumble. Are you one of those… Continue Reading
A.I.’s Use in Elections Sets Off a Scramble for Guardrails
The New York Times (read free) – Gaps in campaign rules allow politicians to spread images and messaging generated by increasingly powerful artificial intelligence technology…What began a few months ago as a slow drip of fund-raising emails and promotional images composed by A.I. for political campaigns has turned into a steady stream of campaign materials… Continue Reading
ShowYourStripes – visualizations tracking rises in global temperatures
ShoYourStripes: “These ‘warming stripe’ graphics are visual representations of the change in temperature as measured in each country, region or city over the past 100+ years. Each stripe or bar represents the temperature in that country, region or city averaged over a year. The stripes typically start around the year 1900 and finish in 2022,… Continue Reading
Dropbox’s AI tools can help you find your stuff from everywhere on the internet
The Verge: “Dropbox is launching two different but related AI-powered services into its platform. The first is simple and obvious: a tool for summarizing and querying documents. This is neat and useful and the sort of feature you’ll see in most tools in this category over time…The Dash app comes in two parts. There’s a… Continue Reading
Uncrop your photos to any image format
“Uncrop is a new tool optimized to edit image aspect ratio. It is based on a foundation model created by stability.ai. 1) Upload the images you want to Uncrop. 2) Select the new aspect ratio. 3) Uncrop will generate the image that match the new aspect ratio.” Continue Reading
Is Artificial Intelligence Capable of Writing a Law Journal Article?
Yankovskiy, Roman M, Is Artificial Intelligence Capable of Writing a Law Journal Article? (March 8, 2023). Yankovskiy, R. M. (2023). Sposoben li iskusstvennyj intellekt napisat’ stat’yu v yuridicheskij zhurnal? [Is Artificial Intelligence Capable of Writing a Law Journal Article?] Zakon [The Statute], (3), 126-133. doi:10.37239/0869-4400-2023-20-3-126-133, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4473414 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4473414 “In this article, we… Continue Reading
Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, June 24, 2023
Via LLRX – Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, June 24, 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… Continue Reading
5 Free Anonymous Web Browsers That Are Completely Private
MakeUseOf: “Using an untraceable web browser leads to a much safer online experience. Fortunately, it’s easy to start using a browser that prioritizes your privacy. Here are a few of the best private browsers that are (almost) completely anonymous…” Continue Reading
45 million people in the U.S. may be exposed to dangerous heat today
Washington Post Heat Tracker – “Extreme heat kills more people in the United States than any other weather hazard, and the risk of longer and more frequent heat waves is only expected to increase as climate change worsens. The Post is tracking the potential for dangerous heat this summer using the heat index, which accounts… Continue Reading
