MakeUseOf: “Your web browser is your portal to the web. But what if it could be more than that? What if you could bring AI into your web browser to enhance and streamline your browsing process, creating a truly personalized browsing experience? Well, with an AI browser, you can.” Continue Reading
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The Chronicle of Higher Education Releases Updated DEI Legislation Tracker
Business Wire: “The Chronicle of Higher Education today announced its updated DEI Legislation Tracker, which is following 49 bills in 23 states to restrict efforts to improve diversity, equity, and inclusion and prohibiting colleges from a range of DEI initiatives. Republican politicians in early 2023 launched an assault on colleges’ diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts to recruit… Continue Reading
Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, January 27, 2024
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… Continue Reading
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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
