Nebraska Examiner: “Years before the Dobbs decision, providers like Dr. Kylie Cooper were already uncomfortable with some of the reporting requirements for abortion procedures in states where they practiced. Cooper was a maternal-fetal medicine specialist for several years in Idaho before she reluctantly left the state in 2023 because of the near-total abortion ban that… Continue Reading
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AI Now
Perkins, Rachelle Holmes, AI Now (May 24, 2024). Temple Law Review,Vol. 97, Forthcoming, George Mason Legal Studies Research Paper No. LS 24-14, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4840481 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4840481 “Legal scholars have made important explorations into the opportunities and challenges of generative artificial intelligence within legal education and the practice of law. This Article adds to… Continue Reading
Legal Research in the NextGen Era
Drake, Alyson and Watson, Amanda, Legal Research in the NextGen Era (May 1, 2024). U of Houston Law Center Forthcoming, Buffalo Law Review Forthcoming, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4819702 “The NextGen Bar’s content scope areas have centered legal research as an analysis and strategy-focused discipline. This has provided an important opportunity for legal research instructors to… Continue Reading
Law Firms Start Training Summer Associates on Using Generative AI
Bloomberg Law: “Some Big Law firms are now making summer associates learn the ins and outs of generative AI as they begin integrating what’s considered to be a game-changing technology for the profession. K&L Gates, Dechert, and Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe have incorporated training on the technology for this year’s class of summer associates, teaching… Continue Reading
Legal Definitions: A Research Guide for Congressional Staff
CRS – Legal Definitions: A Research Guide for Congressional Staff Updated June 6, 2024; ‘This report is designed to introduce congressional staff to examples of legal and nonlegal sources, including statutes, legislation, and dictionaries, for researching legal definitions. It includes governmental sources, such as the United States Code (U.S. Code), the Code of Federal Regulations… Continue Reading
Buzzy AI Search Engine Perplexity Is Directly Ripping Off Content From News Outlets
Forbes [unpaywalled]:” AI-powered search startup Perplexity appears to be plagiarizing journalists’ work through its newly launched feature, Perplexity Pages, which lets people curate content on a particular topic. Multiple posts that have been “curated” by the Perplexity team on its platform are strikingly similar to original stories from multiple publications, including Forbes, CNBC and Bloomberg.… Continue Reading
Own Your Data – Sort Of
YourDigitalRights.org – “Get organizations to delete your account or provide a copy of your personal information. Many organizations collect and sell your personal data, often without your consent. Use this free service to send them a data deletion or access request. Start by searching for an organization below…” [grain of salt etc.] Continue Reading
New database features 250 AI tools that can enhance social science research
Stubbs-Richardson, M., Brown, L., Paul, M., & Brenner, D., (2023). Artificial Intelligence Applications for Social Science Research. Scholars Junction, Mississippi State University. “Our team developed a database of 250 Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications useful for social science research. To be included in our database, the AI tool had to be useful for: 1) literature reviews,… Continue Reading
The bank is coming from inside the company
Netinterest: “Unzip companies across a range of industries … and you will find financial companies lurking inside. This week we reprise the theme and spotlight five “banks in disguise”: Starbucks, Carnival, Naked Wines, Delta Air Lines and Travel + Leisure Co“[Note – there are some curse words using in this posting] Continue Reading
Nonprofit Explorer
By Andrea Suozzo, Alec Glassford and Ash Ngu, ProPublica, and Brandon Roberts, Special to ProPublica. Updated May 23, 2024 – Browse millions of annual returns filed by tax-exempt organizations with ProPublica’s Nonprofit Explorer. See details like executive compensation, revenue, expenses and more. Search for an organization or a person, or search the full text of… Continue Reading
Post-January 6th deplatforming reduced reach of misinformation on Twitter
McCabe, S.D., Ferrari, D., Green, J. et al. Post-January 6th deplatforming reduced the reach of misinformation on Twitter. Nature 630, 132–140 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07524-8 “The social media platforms of the twenty-first century have an enormous role in regulating speech in the USA and worldwide. However, there has been little research on platform-wide interventions on speech. Here… Continue Reading
AP Stylebook’s new chapter on crime is a glimpse into the future
Poynter: “Here’s a prediction: A decade from now, the American newsrooms still standing will have completely reformed how they cover public safety, replacing cheap stories about shootings and stabbings with data-rich narratives that educate communities and hold cops accountable. This includes local TV stations and lurid tabloids. Last week, The Associated Press released the latest… Continue Reading
