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NEW RESOURCES
USGS: It is easier than ever to view Mars landscapes in high resolution. “There is a huge difference between looking at a photo of the Grand Canyon and seeing it in person. If you want to look at another planet’s landscape, seeing it in person is not an option. That’s why a team at the U.S. Geological Survey used supercomputers and cloud computing to process and release a treasure trove of ready-to-use Mars data: more than 4,800 digital terrain models, known as DTMs, and more than 155,000 ultra-high-resolution images of the surface of the planet.”
Military Times: Directory of 300 hate symbols a new tool for identifying extremism. “Hand signals, online memes, tattoos, patches, flags, graffiti and pins are among the items the Global Project Against Hate and Extremism catalogued in its database of symbols used by extremists around the world to identify one another and spread ideologies.”
TWEAKS AND UPDATES
Government of Canada: Update: access to 1931 Census records. “After the technical issues that affected the ability of users to access the 1931 Census database, we are pleased to announce that our system has stabilized. However, users may occasionally experience slow loading times.”
Kotaku: The Katamari Google Game Is Blowing Everyone’s Minds. “After searching ‘Katamari’ in Google, a widget will appear, allowing you to drag a ball over the webpage. Images, words, search bars, and the like then stick to the device, allowing it to grow larger as HTML bits and bobs collect, while the page itself becomes more sparse.”
Gizmodo: Google Delays Bard AI Launch in the EU Over Privacy Concerns. “Google has delayed the release of its Bard chatbot in the European Union, according to Irish regulators concerned the AI doesn’t adhere to the European Union’s data protection laws.”
AROUND THE INTERNET WORLD
New Voice of Ukraine: Large-scale disinformation campaign about Russia’s war in Ukraine exposed in France. “Fake internet pages impersonating media and government sites, as well as hundreds of fake URLs on social networks are spreading Russian war propaganda, says a report by France’s Service for Surveillance and Protection Against Foreign Digital Interference (VIGINUM).”
Ars Technica: Musk on path to turn Twitter into the next MySpace or Yahoo, co-founder suggests . “[Ev] Williams said that poor leadership caused once-popular platforms like Yahoo and MySpace to fail, suggesting that it’s appropriate to compare Twitter today to Yahoo. He said that while Yahoo still exists and could be perceived as ‘thriving,’ that ‘reputationally, it’s very different,’ and that’s the path that Musk seems to be taking Twitter down.”
SECURITY & LEGAL
CNBC: Google challenges OpenAI’s calls for government A.I. czar. “Google and OpenAI, two U.S. leaders in artificial intelligence, have opposing ideas about how the technology should be regulated by the government, a new filing reveals.”
EdScoop: Georgia university leaders waited three months to disclose data breach, lawsuits claim. “A data breach at Mercer University last April exposed the personal information of more than 93,000 people and leaders at the Macon, Georgia, school waited an inordinately long time before notifying affected parties, according to two lawsuits filed last week.”
RESEARCH & OPINION
Michigan State University: Want your child to turn off social media? Disconnect yourself first, child psychiatrist says. “Zakia Alavi is an associate professor of psychiatry in Michigan State University’s Department of Pediatrics and Human Development in the College of Human Medicine and an MSU Health Care provider. She discusses the concerns and provides suggestions for healthier habits regarding social media.”
London School of Economics: Why the UK’s e-petitions platform is not living up to its democratic potential. “The UK’s official e-petitions portal sees high levels of engagement. But does it really allow citizens to have a say in shaping policy? William Goodhind argues that, while petitions have the potential to mobilise public interest in e-Democracy, the platform’s potential is currently an untapped resource and reform is needed to capitalise on a community eager to have their voice heard.”
9to5 Google: Google details ‘Imagen Editor’ for text-guided image editing. “At a high level, Imagen Editor lets you submit an image, choose a region that you want edited/altered, and then issue a text prompt for that specific area. The rest of the picture is not touched.” The article notes that Google is not releasing the tool due to “concerns in relation to responsible AI” and I just laughed in Google Bard. Good morning, Internet…
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June 15, 2023 at 05:28PM
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