FactCheck.org: “In their first debate, and first meeting, the presidential candidates attacked each other on the economy, taxes, immigration and abortion. By Eugene Kiely, Robert Farley, D’Angelo Gore, Lori Robertson, Jessica McDonald, Saranac Hale Spencer, Alan Jaffe, Kate Yandell, Ben Cohen, Logan Chapman, Sarah Usandivaras and Ian Fox. Posted on September 11, 2024. The highly… Continue Reading
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How Librarians Can Support AI Policy Development
Lucidea, Lauren Hays: “Many organizations are starting to develop policies on the use of generative AI. I believe it is important for librarians to be involved in this process due to our expertise in information systems, data management, information ethics, user advocacy, copyright and intellectual property, and information literacy. How Can Librarians Support AI Policy… Continue Reading
Why a ruling against the Internet Archive threatens the future of America’s libraries
MIT Technology Review – “The decision locks libraries into an ecosystem that is not in readers’ interests. Congress must act. I was raised in the 1980s and ’90s, and for my generation and generations before us, the public library was an equalizing force in every town, helping anyone move toward the American dream. In Chantilly,… Continue Reading
Misinformation Dashboard: Election 2024
“A tool tracking the topics and tactics of 2024 election misinformation Election misinformation poses an existential threat to democracy but can be difficult to analyze and assess through individually debunked falsehoods published by different fact-check organizations. Collecting and cataloguing examples of misinformation reveals valuable insights into the common disinformation tactics and narratives that threaten to… Continue Reading
Use These 8 Sites to Find Unique and Niche Books
MakeUseOf: “If you’re like me, nothing beats the thrill of discovering a book that’s a little off the beaten path. Whether it’s a rare edition, an obscure title, or a self-published chef-d’oeuvre, I’ve found that some of the most interesting reads come from places that aren’t your typical big-name bookstores…Sometimes, the best recommendations come straight… Continue Reading
This Tool Finds Matching Usernames Across 400 Social Media Networks
Lifehacker: “Want to check if a particular internet handle you encountered online (or created yourself) is being used on any other social networks or websites? Sherlock is a free command line application that scans around 400 social networks and finds accounts that match whatever username you type in. Using this service couldn’t be simpler: Just… Continue Reading
Brevity is money when using AI for data analysis
Cornell Chronicle: ” “It pays to be brief when asking artificial intelligence tools to mine massive datasets for insights, according to Cornell researcher Immanuel Trummer. That’s why Trummer, associate professor of computer science in the Cornell Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science, has developed a new computational system, called Schemonic, that cuts… Continue Reading
Discrimination: Considerations for Machine Learning, AI Models, and Underlying Data
American Academy of Actuaries primer on Discrimination: Considerations for Machine Learning, AI Models, and Underlying Data. This issue brief explores the topic of discrimination in machine learning algorithms and artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms, and the underlying data of these models. It will define discrimination (including distinguishing between discrimination, unfair discrimination, and unjust discrimination); present practical… Continue Reading
Global Approaches to Auditing Artificial Intelligence: A Literature Review
International Panel on The Information Environment [PIE]: “This Synthesis Report is a literature review outlining the regulatory, industry, and academic approaches to AI audits. We review 78 articles published in peer-reviewed journals and as preprints, 21 documents from industry associations and standard-setting organizations, and national policy documents and regulations from 20 countries. Based on this… Continue Reading
How to Tell If What You’re Reading Was Written By AI
Lifehacker: “This post is part of Lifehacker’s “Exposing AI” series. We’re exploring six different types of AI-generated media, and highlighting the common quirks, byproducts, and hallmarks that help you tell the difference between artificial and human-created content. From the moment ChatGPT introduced the world to generative AI in late 2022, it was apparent that, going… Continue Reading
Is the press ‘sanewashing’ Trump?
Columbia Journalism Review: “There’s a hot new term doing the rounds among media critics: “sanewashing.” The term itself actually isn’t new, and it wasn’t born in media-criticism circles, per se; according to Urban Dictionary, it was coined in 2020 on a Reddit page for neoliberals (which Linda Kinstler wrote about recently for CJR), and meant… Continue Reading
Dismissing All Your Notifications? 5 Ways to Make Them Effective
PC Mag: “If your badge counts and pop-up reminders go unnoticed, you probably have a signal-to-noise problem—but it’s easy to fix. Do your notifications and reminders work for you? Do they get the job done? If not, you should make them more effective. Don’t worry; most of what you need to do only needs to… Continue Reading
