Timnit Gebru and Remi Denton (2024), “Beyond Fairness in Computer Vision: A Holistic Approach to Mitigating Harms and Fostering Community-Rooted Computer Vision Research”, Foundations and Trends® in Computer Graphics and Vision: Vol. 16, No. 3, pp 215–321. DOI: 10.1561/0600000102. “The field of computer vision is now a multi-billion dollar enterprise, with its use in surveillance… Continue Reading
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New US Elections Web Archive Data Resources Available
Library of Congress Blogs: “For nearly twenty-five years, the Library of Congress has been archiving campaign websites for Presidential, Congressional, and gubernatorial elections. Back in 2022, we released a dataset of index files for the United States Elections Web Archive, and we are happy to announce that this dataset is being relaunched as data package… Continue Reading
Old Maps Online
TimeMap.org presents a world map with a slider bar that starts at 4000 BC and ends at the present day. As you slide through time, you watch empires rise and fall. Any interesting civilization or event you spot can be instantly researched — just click on it and the relevant Wikipedia article appears in a… Continue Reading
The best science images of 2024 – Nature’s picks
A breathtaking total eclipse, courageous penguins, volcanic smoke rings and more. A spectacular total eclipse of the Sun delighted viewers in North America in 2024. The year also brought surreal developments in robotics, stunning auroras and feats that pushed the limits of biology. These are Nature’s picks of the year’s best science images. Continue Reading
Harvard Is Releasing a Massive Free AI Training Dataset Funded by OpenAI and Microsoft
Wired – “The project’s leader says that allowing everyone to access the collection of public-domain books will help “level the playing field” in the AI industry. Harvard University announced Thursday it’s releasing a high-quality dataset of nearly 1 million public-domain books that could be used by anyone to train large language models and other AI… Continue Reading
TIME Person of the Year Fact Check Transcript
Fact-Checking What Donald Trump Said in His 2024 Person of the Year Interview With TIME. Question..has TIME ever fact checked the statements of their choice for Person of the Year? They had to interpret, clarify, restate and correct his statements. TIME has published the transcript of that conversation. In addition, below is a review for… Continue Reading
Senate Armed Services Committee Advance Policy Questions for Lloyd J. Austin Nominee for Appointment to be Sec Def
This 125 page document may serve as a template for a Senate confirmation hearing for Pete Hegseth for this role commencing in 2025. [h/t Bert Chapman, Purdue University Libraries] Continue Reading
Courtroom Seating Pilot Program
The Supreme Court is implementing a pilot program in which members of the public may apply for Courtroom seating through a fully automated online lottery. Individuals who receive tickets through the lottery will be able to come to the Court knowing that they have reserved seating for a particular argument or non-argument session. The pilot… Continue Reading
Trump Advisers Seek to Shrink or Eliminate Bank Regulators
WSJ via MSN – Trump Advisers Seek to Shrink or Eliminate Bank Regulators – “The Trump transition team has started to explore pathways to dramatically shrink, consolidate or even eliminate the top bank watchdogs in Washington. In recent interviews with potential nominees to lead bank regulatory agencies, Trump advisers and officials from his newfound Department of… Continue Reading
AI GOvernance and Regulatory Archive
Center for Security and Emerging Technology at Georgetown University – Welcome to ETO AGORA (AI GOvernance and Regulatory Archive), a living collection of AI-relevant laws, regulations, standards, and other governance. Browse Documents or search Thematic Collection. How do I use the interface? What’s included and what isn’t? Download AGORA data in bulk Continue Reading
How Wall Street Billionaires Avoid Paying Medicare Taxes
ProPublica – Reporting Highlights Tax Dodge: Most working Americans have to pay Medicare taxes, but some of the richest figures on Wall Street have found a way to opt out, a ProPublica investigation found. Accidental Loophole: Nearly 50 years ago, Congress tried to fix one financial abuse but unwittingly created an obscure loophole that these… Continue Reading
Generative AI Is My Research and Writing Partner. Should I Disclose It?
Wired (unpaywalled) – “If I use an AI tool for research or to help me create something, should I cite it in my completed work as a source? How do you properly give attribution to AI tools when you use them …Distinguishing between research and composition is a crucial first step. If I’m using generative… Continue Reading
