Via LLRX – Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, January 27, 2024 – Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, finance, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex and wide ranging ways technology is used to compromise and diminish our privacy and online security, often without our situational awareness. Four highlights from this week: Sen. Wyden Releases Documents Confirming the NSA Buys Americans’ Internet Browsing Records; Inside a Global Phone Spy Tool Monitoring Billions; AT&T is trying to kill all landlines in California, which would have devastating effects; and the Continued Threat to Personal Data: Key Factors Behind the 2023 Increase.
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Daily Archives: January 28, 2024
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Listen to a random forest – Tune Into Forests From Around The World. Escape, Relax & Preserve. “People around the world recorded the sounds of their forests, so you can escape into nature, and unwind wherever you are. Take a breath and soak in the forest sounds as they breathe with life and beauty! And… Continue Reading
Complaint filed against Alphabets plans to intercept 100s of billions of messages to train Bard
LinkedIn, Alexander Hanff: “Today I filed a complaint [included with lead link] with the Data Protection Commission Ireland as an open letter against Alphabets plans to introduce their Bard AI into Android Messages app and to intercept 100s of billions of confidential communications for the purpose of training their AI. This is a direct breach… Continue Reading
A new global gender divide is emerging
Financial Times – read free: Young men and young women’s world views are pulling apart. “The consequences could be far-reaching…In the US, UK and Germany, young women now take far more liberal positions on immigration and racial justice than young men, while older age groups remain evenly matched. The trend in most countries has been… Continue Reading
The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe
1845. “The Raven” is published in The Evening Mirror in New York, the 1st publication with the name of the author, Edgar Allan Poe. Its publication made Poe popular in his lifetime, although it did not bring him much financial success. The poem was soon reprinted, parodied, & illustrated. Critical opinion is divided as to… Continue Reading
ChatGPT vs. Google Bard vs. Bing Chat vs. Claude: Which generative AI solution is best?
Search Engine Land – Eric Enge: Here’s a comparison of genAI tools ChatGPT, Bard, Bing Chat Balanced, Bing Chat Creative, and Claude based on four metrics. In March, I published a study on generative AI platforms to see which was the best. Ten months have passed since then, and the landscape continues to evolve. OpenAI’s… Continue Reading
Return to Office Mandates Don’t Improve Employee or Company Performance
Ding, Yuye and Ma, Mark (Shuai), Return-to-Office Mandates (December 25, 2023). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4675401 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4675401 “Using a sample of Standard and Poor’s 500 firms, we examine determinants and consequences of U.S. firms’ return-to-office (RTO) mandates. Results of our determinant analyses are consistent with managers using RTO mandates to reassert control over employees and… Continue Reading
Meta Released a Prompt Engineering cookbook
LinkedIn – Steve Nouri: “It is an interactive guide covering prompt engineering and best practices for developers, researchers, and enthusiasts working with large language models. Some of the ideas: Role Prompting: Assigning roles to the model can yield more consistent and contextually appropriate responses. Chain-of-Thought Prompting: Encouraging a step-by-step thought process in prompts significantly improves… Continue Reading
Clerks for hire: The Supreme Court recruiting race
Washington Post [read free]: “Last spring, as the Supreme Court wrapped up oral arguments for what was shaping up to be a blockbuster term, the law firm Jones Day invited a group of law clerks to dinner at Del Mar, an upscale restaurant on the D.C. waterfront.At the dinner, the law clerks traded small talk… Continue Reading
AI & Law Best Practices
“AI & Law: Download the Suggested Best Practices Guide, Carolyn Elefant, January 19, 2024: “The legal field is undergoing a tech revolution, and AI is at the forefront. That’s why I created “Frequently Asked Questions and Suggested Best Practices Related to Generative Artificial Intelligence in the Legal Profession”. This resource addresses critical AI topics like… Continue Reading
