Bloomberg Opinion, David Lee: “The former Twitter is incentivizing violent content, which will only become worse to stand out to users. “…X is now an app that forcibly puts abhorrent content into users’ feeds and then rewards financially the people who were the most successful in producing it, egging them on to do it again… Continue Reading
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Research: Can You Tell How You Come Across on Zoom?
HBR: “…In our research, we tested which of these two assumptions prevailed. To do so, we had 305 people come into our lab before the Covid-19 pandemic (in groups of four to eight) and 555 people join a Zoom session during the pandemic (again, in small groups of three to nine). People would meet one… Continue Reading
Evaluating LLMs is a minefield
Evaluating LLMs is a minefield, Arvind Narayanan & Sayash Kapoor. Princeton University. Oct 4, 2023. Authors of the AI Snake Oil book and newsletter Continue Reading
What’s behind the national surge in book bans?
USAToday: “…It’s impossible to know how many book-ban attempts have been inspired by BookLooks.org, which adds new reviews weekly […The site launched in 2022 to showcase a book-rating system that has also been used by right-wing political activist group Moms for Liberty.] But in one researcher’s national database tallying more than 3,000 challenges to library… Continue Reading
Global survey of what news organisations are doing with artificial intelligence
Journalism AI – Generating Change: “Our media landscape is undergoing a significant transformation due to technological advancements, particularly since the proliferation of generative AI (genAI). This transformation has sparked discussions, and various media coverage- topics swing between positive breakthroughs in fields like medicine, to concerns about genAI’s potential to generate undetectable disinformation, exacerbating discrimination and… Continue Reading
Platforms’ policies on AI-manipulated and generated misinformation
EU Disinformation Lab: “The development of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies has long been a challenge for the disinformation field, allowing content to be easily manipulated and contributing to accelerate its distribution. Focusing on content, recent technical developments, and the growing use of generative AI systems by end-users have exponentially increased these challenges, making it easier… Continue Reading
Introducing Arc Max
ZDNet: “Arc Max is a collection of five AI-powered features, powered by a combination of GPT-3.5 and Anthropic. Those features are: Ask ChatGPT – this will allow you to ask ChatGPT your questions directly from the Arc Command Line, which can be brought up with the Command+L keyboard shortcut. Tidy Tab Title – if you’ve… Continue Reading
Freedom on the Net 2023 The Repressive Power of Artificial Intelligence
Highlights – Freedom on the Net 2023 Global internet freedom declined for the 13th consecutive year. Digital repression intensified in Iran, home to this year’s worst decline, as authorities shut down internet service, blocked WhatsApp and Instagram, and increased surveillance in a bid to quell antigovernment protests. Myanmar came close to dislodging China as the… Continue Reading
Open Books, Better Skills: an Argument for Limited Open Book Exams
Flanagan, Rebecca C., Open Books, Better Skills: an Argument for Limited Open Book Exams (September 1, 2023). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4563824 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4563824 “Law schools have embraced closed book exams as one response to falling bar pass rates. But due to lack of student expertise in learning and study skills, students focus on memorization as… Continue Reading
Gen AI’s ‘Collective Brain Trust’ Gathers
Law.com – Gen AI’s ‘Collective Brain Trust’ Gathers to Discuss Practical Use Cases and Successes at Invite-Only Event. At a recent daylong, closed-door gathering organized by LexFusion, early adopters from top law firms, legal departments and technology providers convened to candidly share real-world gen AI experiences and the practical insights they’ve gained thus far…Organized by… Continue Reading
LinkedIn goes big on new AI tools for learning, recruitment, marketing and sales, powered by OpenAI
Tech Crunch: “LinkedIn — the Microsoft-owned social platform for those networking for work or recruitment — is now 21 years old, an aeon in the world of technology. To stay current with what the working world is thinking about most these days, and to keep its nearly 1 billion users engaging on its platform, today… 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
