Beta – Prime Voice AI “The most realistic Text to Speech and Voice Cloning software. ElevenLabs brings the most compelling, rich and lifelike voices to creators and publishers seeking the ultimate tools for storytelling.” Continue Reading
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Category Archives: Knowledge Management
5 Novel RSS Reader Apps to Change How You Get News Feeds and Updates
Make Use Of: “From AI summaries and ChatGPT queries of your RSS feeds to minimalist and privacy-friendly apps, you need to check out these cool new RSS readers. When it comes to RSS readers, the conversation usually boils down to Feedly vs. Flipboard. But there are several other new options worth checking out, as they… Continue Reading
Maps Distort How We See the World
Unchartered Territories: “Maps twist our perception of the world. Countries closer to the equator—which happen to be poorer —seem smaller than they are. This is because the world is a 3D sphere, but maps are 2D projections on a plane. That means distortion. So we develop a poor intuition for comparative region sizes. The biggest… Continue Reading
Do NOT, I Repeat, Do NOT Use ChatGPT For Legal Research
Above the Law – Nicole Black – These chatbots are bald-faced liars that pull facts out of thin air. “In light of recent events, I feel obliged to write this post, if only to create an internet breadcrumb upon which over-caffeinated lawyers hellbent on cutting legal research corners might stumble. Are you one of those… Continue Reading
A.I.’s Use in Elections Sets Off a Scramble for Guardrails
The New York Times (read free) – Gaps in campaign rules allow politicians to spread images and messaging generated by increasingly powerful artificial intelligence technology…What began a few months ago as a slow drip of fund-raising emails and promotional images composed by A.I. for political campaigns has turned into a steady stream of campaign materials… Continue Reading
Dropbox’s AI tools can help you find your stuff from everywhere on the internet
The Verge: “Dropbox is launching two different but related AI-powered services into its platform. The first is simple and obvious: a tool for summarizing and querying documents. This is neat and useful and the sort of feature you’ll see in most tools in this category over time…The Dash app comes in two parts. There’s a… Continue Reading
Is Artificial Intelligence Capable of Writing a Law Journal Article?
Yankovskiy, Roman M, Is Artificial Intelligence Capable of Writing a Law Journal Article? (March 8, 2023). Yankovskiy, R. M. (2023). Sposoben li iskusstvennyj intellekt napisat’ stat’yu v yuridicheskij zhurnal? [Is Artificial Intelligence Capable of Writing a Law Journal Article?] Zakon [The Statute], (3), 126-133. doi:10.37239/0869-4400-2023-20-3-126-133, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4473414 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4473414 “In this article, we… Continue Reading
There Is Always An Alternative
Remarks presented to York University’s Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies Graduating Class of 2023 The human condition is…not good. We’re in the polycrisis, a widening gyre of climate emergency, inequality, infrastructure neglect, rising authoritarianism and zoonotic plagues. But that’s not the bad part. Stuff breaks. The Second Law of Thermodynamics is not up… Continue Reading
Bellingcat’s Online Investigation Toolkit
Bellingcat’s Online Investigation Toolkit, a spreadsheet that includes “satellite and mapping services, tools for verifying photos and videos, websites to archive web pages, and much more”. Use the navigational icons on the bottom of the spreadsheet to access all the content. Each entry includes: type, name, description, free or fee, guide, country-specific. Continue Reading
Conspiracy theories aren’t on the rise – we need to stop panicking
Via LLRX – Conspiracy theories aren’t on the rise – we need to stop panicking – Several polls in the past couple of years (including from Ipsos, YouGov and most recently Savanta on behalf of Kings College Policy Institute and the BBC) have been examining the kinds of conspiratorial beliefs people have. The findings have led… Continue Reading
The Digital Psychology of Persuasion
Via LLRX – The Digital Psychology of Persuasion – Kevin Novak, digital strategist and CEO with extensive experience digitizing disparate collections at the Library of Congress, discusses the increasing importance of acknowledging and incorporating social proof into your marketing strategies to showcase the power of your brands and services. The recent wave of digital tools that… Continue Reading
Download Your Photos and Videos from Google Album Archive Before They’re Gone Forever
CNET – “You might not be aware of Google Album Archive, but if you’ve used some Google app or service tied to a Google account that’s a few years old, you probably have some photos or videos stashed in the Album Archive — it’s a catchall destination for older media you’ve shared on Google services.… Continue Reading
