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The Moral Machine – Could AI Outshine Us in Ethical Decision-Making?

Beyond2060: “There has been a lot of hand-wringing and gnashing of teeth about the dangers of AI. Artificial Intelligence is going to be the end of us all, apparently. But is this inevitable? Can’t we create ethical AI which strictly adheres to ethical principles and will only benefit mankind? Philosophers have been debating ethics for… Continue Reading

Words Matter: The Role of Language in Dispute Resolution

Slaw, Ian Mackenzie – “How we frame conflict can influence how we approach its resolution. The world of litigation is full of angry, combative words that reinforce the perception of conflict resolution as a battle. Of course, some of this is inevitable as much litigation leads to “winners” and “losers”. However, in some areas of… Continue Reading

Google introduces new features to help identify AI images in Search and elsewhere

TechCrunch: “Google is taking its first steps toward combating the potential for misinformation arising from AI-generated images. Complementing its announcements at its I/O developer event this afternoon, the company also introduced two new features coming to Google Search that aim to help people better understand the content and the context of the image they’re viewing… Continue Reading

2023 Enterprise Legal Reputation Report

ONIT – “The Ultimate Guide For Legal Departments to Directly Influence Business Materiality, Growth and Efficiency. The full report has been released, illuminating opportunities for legal departments to elevate their relationships, revolutionize their brand image, and optimize their material impact and growth. How? By becoming more modern, efficient, and interactive business partners, thanks to smarter… Continue Reading

Google Builds on Tech’s Latest Craze With Its Own A.I. Products

Washington Post: “Google is changing the way we search with AI. It could upend the web. Google Search will start answering some queries directly by generating its own results — a move dreaded by publishers and bloggers..” The New York Times: “On Wednesday [May 10, 2023], at its annual conference in Mountain View, Calif., the… Continue Reading

4 More Essential Tips for Using the Wayback Machine

GIJN: “ProPublica’s Craig Silverman explains how to bulk archive pages, compare changes, and see when elements of a page were archived. The previous edition of Digital Investigations offered advice for getting the most out of the Wayback Machine. Now I’m back with even more tips, thanks to an interview with Mark Graham, director of the Wayback… Continue Reading

The power of generative ai

The Brainyacts: “I gave Cozen O’Connor a 60 minute executive briefing on generative AI. There were roughly 50 people who participated including the firm CEO, the CEO for the firm’s ancillary businesses, Office managing partners, business and operations leaders, and others. It was well received..I removed some slides that were firm specific and ones that… Continue Reading

AI, Algorithmic, and Automation Incidents and Controversies initiative

Jeremy Singer-Vine: “The AI, Algorithmic, and Automation Incidents and Controversies initiative, founded by Charlie Pownall in 2019, maintains a repository of such events, as well as related systems (e.g., GPT-4) and datasets (e.g., Labeled Faces in the Wild). The project’s spreadsheet features 1,000+ entries, each listing a title, type, year, country, sector, operator, purpose, and… Continue Reading

Google promised to create a better, faster web for media companies

The Verge: “In 2015, Google hatched a plan to save the mobile web by effectively taking it over. And for a while, the media industry had practically no choice but to play along…Sites were too slow, too hard to use, too filled with ads. As a result, he warned, people were flocking to the better… Continue Reading