Smashing Magazine: “Data visualizations are everywhere; from the news to the nutritional info on cereal boxes, we’re constantly being presented with graphical representations of data. Why? Data visualization is a method of communication. Using the right type can help you quickly convey nuanced information to your audience in a visually appealing way. However, the diversity… Continue Reading
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NYC education department blocks ChatGPT on school devices, networks
Chalkbeat: “New York City students and teachers can no longer access ChatGPT — the new artificial intelligence-powered chatbot that generates stunningly cogent and lifelike writing — on education department devices or internet networks, agency officials confirmed Tuesday. The education department blocked access to the program, citing “negative impacts on student learning, and concerns regarding the… Continue Reading
Government publications in the news during 2022
GODORT: “Throughout the year government information specialists share document mentioned in the news. One of these individuals is Ben Amata who shares many articles and whose submissions make up the majority of these. This years submission come from Ben Amata, David Durant, Patrice McDermott, Albert Chapman, Vicki Tate, Ronnie Joiner, and Toby Green. Andrew Dudash,… Continue Reading
The Way Forward for Legal Education
Thomson, David I. C., The Way Forward for Legal Education (January 3, 2023). Carolina Academic Press (2023), U Denver Legal Studies Research Paper Forthcoming, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4300580 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4300580 “This book (of which this paper is an excerpt) offers a post-pandemic vision for the future of legal education and charts a path to get… Continue Reading
5 DuckDuckGo Features You Should Be Using
How to Geek: “DuckDuckGo is primarily known for its focus on privacy. But the search engine (and now browser) offers several helpful features, many of which aren’t even available on Google or Bing. So if you are new to DuckDuckGo, here are five features to improve your search experience.” See also Gizmodo – DuckDuckGo Will… Continue Reading
Should Firm Leaders Take the Lead on Their Own Performance Review?
Via LLRX – Should Firm Leaders Take the Lead on Their Own Performance Review? – Patrick J. McKenna, an internationally recognized author, lecturer, strategist and seasoned advisor to the leaders of premier law firms discusses why and how strong leaders should voluntarily initiate their own performance feedback. McKenna’s detailed and actionable guide identifies the enormous benefits… Continue Reading
What social media regulation could look like: Think of pipelines, not utilities
Via LLRX – What social media regulation could look like: Think of pipelines, not utilities – Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter, and his controversial statements and decisions as its owner, have fueled a new wave of calls for regulating social media companies. Elected officials and policy scholars have argued for years that companies like Twitter and… Continue Reading
Are Our Brains Wired to Quiet Quit?
Harvard Business Review: “The world increasingly feels like it’s spiraling out of control, with a daily onslaught of grim news and economic anxiety. It’s no wonder that 31% of Americans are experiencing depression and anxiety — three times as many as before the pandemic — and nearly 50% of the workforce say they aren’t going… Continue Reading
Microsoft and OpenAI working on Chat-GTP powered Bing in Challenge to Google
The Information: “Microsoft could soon get a return on its $1 billion investment in OpenAI, creator of the ChatGPT chatbot, which gives humanlike text answers to questions. Microsoft is preparing to launch a version of its Bing search engine that uses the artificial intelligence behind ChatGPT to answer some search queries rather than just showing… Continue Reading
How to Maintain Mental Hygiene as an Open Source Researcher
Giancarlo Fiorella’s Report – “Bellingcat has been overwhelmed with messages from concerned people around the world who want to help us identify and analyse images of potential war crimes taking place in Ukraine. While this increased interest in open source research is encouraging, it comes with costs of which new researchers may not be aware.… Continue Reading
Annotated History of Modern AI and Deep Learning
Annotated History of Modern AI and Deep Learning – Juergen Schmidhube. [v2] Thu, 29 Dec 2022 11:38:07 UTC. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2212.11279 “Machine learning is the science of credit assignment: finding patterns in observations that predict the consequences of actions and help to improve future performance. Credit assignment is also required for human understanding of how the world works,… Continue Reading
Inventing the Dark Web
Via LLRX – Inventing the Dark Web – This paper by Thais Sardá, Simone Natale, and John Downey examines how the deep Web, i.e., Web sites that are not indexed and thus are not accessible through Web search engines, was described and represented in British newspapers. Through an extensive content analysis conducted on 833 articles… Continue Reading
