404 – “Google search really has been taken over by low-quality SEO spam, according to a new, year-long study by German researchers. The researchers, from Leipzig University, Bauhaus-University Weimar, and the Center for Scalable Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence, set out to answer the question “Is Google Getting Worse?” by studying search results for 7,392… Continue Reading
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Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
Issues in Science and Technology – Per Pete Weiss, they host a section on AI and Machine Learning which now has several dozen articles.” Issues in Science and Technology is a quarterly journal published by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and Arizona State University. The journal is a forum for discussion of… Continue Reading
A Respected MIT Professor Said Your Success Will Be Determined by 3 Things
Inc. Here’s how to get better at each one of them. “Before he died, beloved MIT professor Patrick Winston regularly gave a fascinating and deeply compelling lecture to university students about the value of good communication. In his introduction, he drew attention to the Uniform Code of Military Justice, which calls for court martial for… Continue Reading
What Happened to My Search Engine?
Ted Gioia – Or why tech upgrades are now mostly downgrades: “…Here are the things missing from the original search engines. They didn’t practice 24/7 surveillance of users. They didn’t sell user’s private information. They didn’t fill up search results with garbage in order to collect placement fees. They didn’t manipulate users—prodding them to use… Continue Reading
AI in Finance and Banking January 15, 2024
Via LLRX – AI in Finance and Banking January 15, 2024 – This semi-monthly column by Sabrina I. Pacifici highlights news, government documents, NGO/IGO papers, academic papers and speeches on the subject of AI’s fast paced impact on the banking and finance sectors. The chronological links provided are to the primary sources, and as available,… Continue Reading
The Sad Truth of the FTC’s ‘Historic’ Privacy Win
Wired: “The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reached a settlement last week with an American data broker known to sell location data gathered from hundreds of phone apps to the US government, among others. According to the agency, the company ignored in some cases the requests of consumers not to do so, and more broadly… Continue Reading
Large Legal Fictions: Profiling Legal Hallucinations in Large Language Models
Large Legal Fictions: Profiling Legal Hallucinations in Large Language Models. Matthew Dahl, Varun Magesh, Mirac Suzgun, Daniel E. Ho, 2 Jan 2024. “Large language models (LLMs) have the potential to transform the practice of law, but this potential is threatened by the presence of legal hallucinations — responses from these models that are not consistent… Continue Reading
IBM Global AI Adoption Index
IBM Global AI Adoption Index – “Data Suggests Growth in Enterprise Adoption of AI is Due to Widespread Deployment by Early Adopters, But Barriers Keep 40% in the Exploration and Experimentation Phases About 42% of enterprise-scale companies surveyed (> 1,000 employees) report having actively deployed AI in their business. An additional 40% are currently exploring… Continue Reading
Teaching Law in the Age of Generative AI
Bliss, John, Teaching Law in the Age of Generative AI (January 2, 2024). Jurimetrics (forthcoming), Available at SSRN: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4682456 “With the rise of large language models capable of passing law school exams and the Unified Bar Exam, how should legal educators prepare their students for an age of transformative AI advances? Text-generating AI is poised… Continue Reading
Abolishing a Federal Agency: The Interstate Commerce Commission
CRS – Abolishing a Federal Agency: The Interstate Commerce Commission, January 10, 2024. “Congress has, from time to time, enacted legislation to discontinue a federal agency and either redistribute or discontinue its functions. Abolishment of an agency or its functions has often been politically challenging because of the potential impact on stakeholders with competing interests.… Continue Reading
Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, January 13, 2024
Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, January 13, 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… Continue Reading
The Plastic Chemicals Hiding in Your Food
Consumer Reports “tested popular fast foods and supermarket staples for bisphenols and phthalates, which can be harmful to your health. Here’s what we found—and how to stay safer. By the time you open a container of yogurt, the food has taken a long journey to reach your spoon. You may have some idea of that… Continue Reading
