MakeUseOf: How to Make Computer Generated Art Using AI – “The popularity of computer-generated art using AI is at an all-time high. Nowadays, it’s simply referred to as AI-generated art. Thanks to major technological developments in the field of generative AI systems, just about anyone can produce stunning AI images by describing what they want… Continue Reading
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22 awesome open source programs that do everything you need
PC World: Open source software is available free of charge on the internet. There are solutions for almost every field of application with which you can work comfortably. “Good software is the basis of all PC use, but many professional programs are too expensive for private use. This is where the free software-based applications step… Continue Reading
Trustworthy Data for Social and Economic Research
Association of Public Data Users – Melissa C. Chiu, Director, Committee on National Statistics, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine: “Trustworthy, reliable, and widely available statistics are essential for making informed decisions in the public and private sectors, including policy makers, government agencies, businesses, and nonprofit organizations. The federal statistical system plays a crucial… Continue Reading
Heather Ford: Is the Web Eating Itself? LLMs versus verifiability
Ethan Zuckerman: “One of my favorite things in academia is that you can go a decade without seeing a friend and remain at least somewhat in touch with what they’re doing and thinking by reading their work. Dr. Heather Ford, Associate Professor of Communication at the University of Technology Sydney, where she leads the cluster… Continue Reading
The growing energy footprint of artificial intelligence
Joule / Full text free to read: “Alex de Vries is a PhD candidate at the VU Amsterdam School of Business and Economics and the founder of Digiconomist, a research company dedicated to exposing the unintended consequences of digital trends. His research focuses on the environmental impact of emerging technologies and has played a major… Continue Reading
Language Models, Plagiarism, and Legal Writing
Smith, Michael L., Language Models, Plagiarism, and Legal Writing (August 16, 2023). University of New Hampshire Law Review, Vol. 22, (Forthcoming), Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4542723 “Language models like ChatGPT are the talk of the town in legal circles. Despite some high-profile stories of fake ChatGPT-generated citations, many practitioners argue that language models are the way… Continue Reading
Six Months Ago NPR Left Twitter. The Effects Have Been Negligible
Nieman Reports: “A lot of people threaten to leave Twitter. Not many of them have actually done it. This was true even before Elon Musk’s purchase of the platform a year ago. But the parade of calamities since — cutting back on moderation, unplugging servers, reinstating banned accounts, replacing verified check marks with paid subscription… Continue Reading
WordPress.com blogs can now be followed on Mastodon and other federated platforms
TechCrunch:”Earlier this year, WordPress.com owner Automattic acquired a plug-in that allowed WordPress blogs to be followed in the fediverse — the decentralized social networks that include the Twitter rival Mastodon and others. As a result, it launched version 1.0.0 of the plug-in, allowing WordPress blogs to be followed on Mastodon and other fediverse apps. At… Continue Reading
An AntiMonopoly Approach to Governing Artificial Intelligence
An AntiMonopoly Approach to Governing Artificial Intelligence, Tejas Narechania & Ganesh Sitaraman. Vanderbilt Technology Accelerator for Political Economy & Regulation.. “Since OpenAI released ChatGPT in the fall of 2022, debates over regulating artificial intelligence (AI) among policymakers, technologists, and scholars have intensified. But for all the interest in regulating AI, there has been little discussion… Continue Reading
How to limit graphic social media images from the Israel-Hamas war
Washington Post [read free]: “You might be seeing violent, abhorrent videos in your social media feeds from Israel and Gaza. Those images have included the apparent killing of Israeli hostages, dead bodies and other cruelties. Those online videos can feed a hunger for information for people in Israel and Gaza in the absence of official… Continue Reading
How to Maintain Mental Hygiene as an Open Source Researcher
Giancarlo Fiorella is the Director for Research and Training at Bellingcat. This article, published November 22, 2022, has even greater weight and significance now, for those who engage throughout each day with images as well as narrative that can cause great harm. To all the journalists who risk their lives, who keep us informed with… Continue Reading
How to Use Google Bard (2023): A Comprehensive Guide
Tech Republic: “This is a complete guide on how to use Google Bard. Learn how Google Bard can help you boost your productivity, creativity and more. Bard is Google’s public entry into the highly competitive field of artificial intelligence chatbots, which also includes OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Google intends Bard to be a “creative and helpful collaborator”… Continue Reading
