CNBC: “The Biden administration on Friday said it will resume offering free at-home Covid-19 tests to American households in late September as the virus has gained a stronger foothold in the U.S. this summer. Americans will soon be able to use COVIDtests.gov to request four free tests, administration officials told reporters during a briefing. The… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: August 2024
New Ways to Search Archived Music News
Internet Archives Blog: “While MTV News took all its sites offline in June, its contents are now available in the Wayback Machine, with more than 470,000 pages dating back to 1977 (here’s a sample search for Peter Gabriel). Similarly, CMT News is also available—with 70,000 pages saved dating back to 2002 (sample search for Dolly… Continue Reading
Artificial Intelligence and Privacy
Solove, Daniel J., Artificial Intelligence and Privacy (February 1, 2024). 77 Florida Law Review (forthcoming Jan 2025), GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2024-36, GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 2024-36, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4713111 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4713111 – “This Article aims to establish a foundational understanding of the intersection between artificial intelligence (AI)… Continue Reading
Medscape has launched a free AI medical scribe for US physicians
Medscape – “Medscape has launched a free AI medical scribe for US physicians, the latest entry in a developing space of artificial intelligence tools to help with clinical tasks. Known as Medscape Scribe, the new tool — available to all US doctors when logged in to their Medscape account — transcribes conversations during patient visits… Continue Reading
Jack Smith attempts to immunity-proof his January 6 Trump indictment. Mostly.
Law Dork: “Donald Trump was indicted again on Tuesday, a superseding indictment in Special Counsel Jack Smith’s prosecution of the former president for his actions seeking to overturn the 2020 election. The superseding indictment in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., was Smith’s response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s July decision holding that former presidents… Continue Reading
Artificial Intelligence and the Law
Via LLRX Artificial Intelligence and the Law – David Colarusso founded and co-directs the Suffolk University Law School’s Legal Innovation & Technology (LIT) Lab. By training he is an attorney and science educator. By experience, he’s a data scientist, craftsman, and writer. LLRX is pleased to share what Colarusso states is not a traditional syllabus, because… Continue Reading
Amanda Jones’ memoir recalls being branded ‘That Librarian’ by haters for calling out censorship
WBUR interview: “Host Deepa Fernandes speaks with Louisiana school librarian Amanda Jones. In her new memoir, “That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America,” Jones tells the story of the vitriol she received both in person and online after she spoke out against censorship at a public meeting.” Includes an Book excerpt: ‘That Librarian’ Continue Reading
2024 Election Trackers
“As more than 2 billion people in 50 countries head to the polls this year, artificial intelligence-generated content is now widely being used to spread misinformation, as well as to confuse and entertain voters. Throughout 2024, Rest of World is tracking the most noteworthy incidents of AI-generated election content globally.” Methodology Submit your examples Continue Reading
The tiny N.Y. town where bookstores rule
CBS News: “Nestled in the Northern Catskills, the tiny village of Hobart, New York, is home to around 400 residents, and millions of fascinating characters, all stacked high on shelves. Hobart is a book village. Within one brief block of Main Street, there are seven different bookstores. When Kathy Duyer retired, she moved to Hobart… Continue Reading
Election stakes couldn’t be higher. The media is still struggling to meet the moment
Nieman Reports: “Reporters pursued the president in a feeding frenzy. White House resistance didn’t deter them from pounding away, day after day, at his credibility. Critics, however, believed the issue to be hyped out of proportion. To them, parts of the media had abandoned their traditional neutrality for a misguided moral crusade to uphold the… Continue Reading
Field Guide to Police Surveillance
“Welcome to the Field Guide to Police Surveillance. EFF’s Street-Level Surveillance project shines a light on the surveillance technologies that law enforcement agencies routinely deploy in our communities. These resources are designed for advocacy organizations, journalists, defense attorneys, policymakers, and members of the public who often are not getting the straight story from police representatives… Continue Reading
Safeguarding Subsea Cables Protecting Cyber Infrastructure amid Great Power Competition
“The length in kilometers — 750,000 miles — of the world’s undersea fiber-optic cables. These cables, which carry more than 95% of international data globally, are highly vulnerable to accidental disruption such as from ships’ anchors or natural disasters like earthquakes, a new report from the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies warned. The… Continue Reading
