How to Geek: Quick Links AI Isn’t All That Popular Among Regular People ChatGPT: Custom GPTs and Uploading Files and Images Claude: Larger Context Window, API Tool System, and System Prompts Perplexity’s Pages Give Users Ready-Made Content Free AI Offerings Are Getting Better AI is prevalent in some circles, but the general population doesn’t know… Continue Reading
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When A.I.’s Output Is a Threat to A.I. Itself
The New York Times: “As A.I.-generated data becomes harder to detect, it’s increasingly likely to be ingested by future A.I., leading to worse results. The internet is becoming awash in words and images generated by artificial intelligence. Sam Altman, OpenAI’s chief executive, wrote in February that the company generated about 100 billion words per day… Continue Reading
OSHIT: Seven Deadly Sins of Bad Open Source Research
Bellingcat – “When news breaks and the internet is aflutter with activity and speculation, many turn to open source accounts and experts to make sense of events. This is truly a sign that open source research — using resources like satellite images to flight tracking websites and footage recorded on the ground — is seen… Continue Reading
They Need to Be Entirely Rebuilt Every Time They’re Updated
The Byte – “A new study highlights a glaring hole in AI models’ ability to learn new information: turns out, they can’t! According to the study, conducted by a team of scientists at Canada’s University of Alberta and published this week in the journal Nature, AI algorithms trained via deep learning — in short, AI models… Continue Reading
U.S. Copyright Office Announces Updated Webinar on Copyright Essentials: Myths Explained
“The U.S. Copyright Office invites you to register to attend the upcoming online webinar, Copyright Essentials: Myths Explained, on September 18, 2024, at 1:00 p.m. eastern time. There is a lot of misleading information out there about copyright. On September 18, 2024, the U.S. Copyright Office will discuss what is and is not true when… Continue Reading
Where to Buy Cheap Books to Help With Your Studies
maketecheasier: “Buying textbooks is one of the biggest expenses as a student, but you can get great deals if you know where to look. If you’re wondering where to buy cheap books for your studies, this guide show you some of the best places.” Continue Reading
4 Reasons the Free Version of Microsoft 365 is Good Enough
How to Geek: “…While you require a Microsoft 365 subscription to use the desktop apps (e.g., Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook), the web versions are completely free. As long as you have a constant internet connection and are using a modern browser, you can access them without installing anything. Even though some advanced features found… Continue Reading
A 27-country test of communicating the scientific consensus on climate change
Većkalov, B., Geiger, S.J., Bartoš, F. et al. A 27-country test of communicating the scientific consensus on climate change. Nat Hum Behav (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-024-01928-2 “Communicating the scientific consensus that human-caused climate change is real increases climate change beliefs, worry and support for public action in the United States. In this preregistered experiment, we tested two… Continue Reading
Canadian interagency fire fighting site
ciffc.net Canadian interagency fire fighting site – Track wildland fire activity within one or more jurisdictions. Home Situation Reports Current Fires Summary National Fires List Wildfire Graphs Continue Reading
Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, August 24, 2024
Via LLRX – Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, August 24, 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… Continue Reading
NSA releases copy of internal lecture delivered by computing giant Rear Adm. Grace Hopper
FORT MEADE, Md. — “In one of the more unique public proactive transparency record releases for the National Security Agency (NSA) to date, NSA has released a digital copy of a lecture that then-Capt. Grace Hopper gave agency employees on August 19, 1982. The lecture, “Future Possibilities: Data, Hardware, Software, and People,” features Capt. Hopper… Continue Reading
No one’s ready for this
The Verge – Our basic assumptions about photos capturing reality are about to go up in smoke.”…Anyone who buys a Pixel 9 — the latest model of Google’s flagship phone, available starting this week — will have access to the easiest, breeziest user interface for top-tier lies, built right into their mobile device. This is… Continue Reading
