“The number of titles targeted for censorship surged 65 percent in 2023 compared to 2022, reaching the highest levels ever documented by the American Library Association (ALA). The new numbers released today show efforts to censor 4,240 unique book titles* in schools and libraries. This tops the previous high from 2022, when 2,571 unique titles… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: March 2024
The billionaire’s guide to doing taxes
Vox – How the very rich lose money, overvalue art, buy very expensive life insurance, and somehow profit. “They say that money is a universal language, but it speaks at different volumes. When you have a fathomless bounty of wealth, money doesn’t quite register as an expense until you add a lot of zeros to… Continue Reading
What Is Photo AI, and How Do You Use It?
MakeUseOf: “Learn how to create intriguing AI-generated images with the Photo AI app. You’ll find out how to design your character and generate prompts, along with some tips to help you enhance your results. We’ll also cover pricing and more.” Continue Reading
Giant redwood trees grow as fast in UK as they do in their native range in California
The Conversation: “Giant redwood trees grow as fast in the U.K. as they do in their native range in California, according to a recent study. Interest in planting giant redwoods has grown in the U.K. due to their public appeal and ability to absorb carbon from the atmosphere. Giant redwoods, the world’s largest tree, were… Continue Reading
Illinois Task Force Explores How AI Could Speed Up Litigation
Bloomberg: “Generative artificial intelligence could boost the Illinois judiciary by helping judges produce opinions faster and assist individuals in better preparing their own cases, members of a new Illinois AI task force said. The Illinois Judicial Conference task force, created in January, is meeting monthly to discuss how generative AI could help the court system… Continue Reading
Caselaw Access Project
“The Caselaw Access Project (“CAP”) expands public access to U.S. law. Our goal is to make all published U.S. court decisions freely available to the public online, in a consistent format, digitized from the collection of the Harvard Law School Library. We created CAP’s initial collection by digitizing roughly 40 million pages of court decisions… Continue Reading
Libraries struggle to afford the demand for e-books and seek new state laws in fight with publishers
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — “Whenever bestselling author Robin Cook releases a new medical thriller, the head of the public library in West Haven knows demand for digital copies will be high. So will the price. Like many libraries, West Haven has been grappling with the soaring costs of e-books and audiobooks. The digital titles often… Continue Reading
The Dark World of Citation Cartels
The Chronicle of Higher Education [unpaywalled]: “In the complex landscape of modern academe, the maxim “publish or perish” has been gradually evolving into a different mantra: “Get cited or your career gets blighted.” Citations are the new academic currency, and careers now firmly depend on this form of scholarly recognition. In fact, citation has become… Continue Reading
Perplexity brings Yelp data to its chatbot
The Verge: “Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas tells The Verge that many people are using chatbots like regular search engines. It makes sense to offer information on things they look for, like restaurants, directly from the source. So it’s integrating Yelp’s maps, reviews, and other details in responses when people ask for restaurant recommendations. “Our underlying… Continue Reading
How to Use Midjourney to Create AI Art
MakeUseOf: “Key Takeaways Get started with Midjourney by downloading Discord and creating an account. Sign up for Midjourney through Discord, choose a subscription plan, and create prompts. Use variations, parameters, and remixes to get different results, before downloading your AI-generated images for creative use. Midjourney is a rare AI image generator that requires a different… Continue Reading
How to Grade AI (and Why You Should)
Every: “AI isn’t like other software. Historically, when you used a computer, input X would always give you output Y. With AI, you give it input X and get back output I, T, D, E, P, E, N, D, S. The computer responds with a marginally different answer every time, so evaluating and comparing these… Continue Reading
What impact does exposure to workplace technologies have on workers’ quality of life?
“This briefing outlines new work that has been done for the Pissarides Review to improve our understanding of the effect that exposure to new workplace technologies is having on workers’ quality of life. Based on a survey of nearly 5000 UK workers, it has, for the first time, been done with reference to the most… Continue Reading
