Courthouse News Service: “The trial, which has been on hold since November, centers on whether the tech giant holds a monopoly over internet search, and could result in Google selling off core parts of its business. After a six-month break, a federal judge will hear closing arguments starting Thursday in a landmark antitrust trial against… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: May 2024
Remarkable graphic from study on deep history of flowering plants
Zuntini, A.R., Carruthers, T., Maurin, O. et al. Phylogenomics and the rise of the angiosperms. Nature (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07324-0 – “Flowering plants (angiosperms) represent about 90% of all terrestrial plant species but, despite their remarkable diversity and ecological importance underpinning almost all main terrestrial ecosystems, their evolutionary history remains incompletely known. Since their Mesozoic origins, angiosperms… Continue Reading
Microsoft’s “responsible AI” chief worries about the open web
Washington Post: “…Natasha Crampton, Microsoft’s chief Responsible AI officer, spoke with The Technology 202 ahead of Microsoft’s release today of its first “Responsible AI Transparency Report.” The 39-page report, which the company is billing as the first of its kind from a major tech firm, details how Microsoft plans to keep its rapidly expanding stable… Continue Reading
Your Teams Should Drive AI Adoption Not Senior Leadership
Harvard Business Review: “Artificial intelligence has been around for a long time, but it is breaking out in a big way right now. As companies start to appreciate the almost boundless potential of Generative AI, they have begun to fast-track existing AI projects and are starting new ones in all areas of the business, including… Continue Reading
Election insights: Understanding public preferences for news coverage for 2024
“The public relies heavily on local and national news organizations as sources for news about elections, but many adults have concerns about the reliability of the information they get, according to a new survey by the Media Insight Project, a collaboration of the American Press Institute and The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.… Continue Reading
National Archives Bans Employee Use of ChatGPT
404 Media: “The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) told employees Wednesday that it is blocking access to ChatGPT on agency-issued laptops to “protect our data from security threats associated with use of ChatGPT,” 404 Media has learned. “NARA will block access to commercial ChatGPT on NARANet [an internal network] and on NARA issued laptops,… Continue Reading
