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NEW RESOURCES
Discovered via Mastodon: Ethical Book Search. From the front page: “You would prefer not to spend your money on a company that avoids paying taxes, or treats the people who work for them badly, or is damaging the environment. We make this as easy as possible for you by recommending book sellers who are much more responsible than some of their less reputable competitors and enabling you to search them all with one click.” Basically it’s a metasearch for specific booksellers.
TWEAKS AND UPDATES
ProPublica: The Remains of Thousands of Native Americans Were Returned to Tribes This Year. “American museums and universities repatriated more ancestral remains and sacred objects to tribal nations this year than at any point in the past three decades, transferring ownership of an estimated 18,800 Native American ancestors, institutions reported. And more repatriations are forthcoming.”
FTC: Deadline extended for comments on FTC’s proposed ban on junk fees. “In October 2023, the FTC proposed a rule that would prohibit junk fees – hidden charges and bogus fees that cost consumers tens of billions of dollars each year and undercut honest businesses. The FTC wants your feedback on its proposed Trade Regulation Rule on Unfair or Deceptive Fees and has extended the deadline to February 7th.”
AROUND THE INTERNET WORLD
WIRED: AI Is Telling Bedtime Stories to Your Kids Now. “The main version of ChatGPT has, since its launch last year, been able to write a children’s story, but GPTs allow parents—or anyone, really—to constrain the topic and start with specific prompts, such as a child’s name. This means anyone can generate personalized stories starring their kid and their favorite character—meaning no one needs to wait for Ludo to drop fresh content. That said, the stories churned out by AI aren’t anywhere as good as the show itself, and raise legal and ethical concerns.”
Tubefilter: Ten of YouTube’s top makers built each other high-tech gifts for a Secret Santa exchange. “As part of the exchange, all participants uploaded behind-the-scenes videos depicting the construction of their respective gifts. The results of the Secret Santa vary wildly depending on which creators are involved. Some of the presents are flat-out ridiculous, others encourage creativity, and some even seem helpful.”
New York Times: This N.Y.U. Student Owns a $6 Million Crypto Mine. His Secret Is Out.. “Jerry Yu has the trappings of what the Chinese call second-generation rich. He boasts a Connecticut prep-school education. He lives in a Manhattan condominium bought for $8 million from Jeffrey R. Immelt, the former General Electric chief executive. And he is the majority owner of a Bitcoin mine in Texas, acquired last year for more than $6 million.”
SECURITY & LEGAL
The Verge: AI companies would be required to disclose copyrighted training data under new bill. “Two lawmakers filed a bill requiring creators of foundation models to disclose sources of training data so copyright holders know their information was taken. The AI Foundation Model Transparency Act — filed by Reps. Anna Eshoo (D-CA) and Don Beyer (D-VA) — would direct the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to work with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to establish rules for reporting training data transparency.”
WSYX: Ohio’s new social media law takes effect in January. “A new Ohio law aimed at forcing social media companies to get verifiable parental consent for children under 16 is set to go into effect in mid-January. The Parental Notification by Social Media Operators Act was passed by the General Assembly in July.”
Rolling Stone: Kevin Hart Sues YouTuber Tasha K for Extortion. “Kevin Hart is taking legal action against his former assistant and controversial YouTuber Tasha K over an alleged extortion surrounding a ‘defamatory’ interview. On Tuesday, the actor filed the complaint in L.A. Superior Court alleging that Tasha K, born Latasha Kebe, asked for a $250,000 ransom so that she not publish a ‘defamatory’ interview with his former personal assistant Miesha Shakes.”
RESEARCH & OPINION
Physician’s Weekly: Hispanic, Indigenous Americans Undercaptured in National Cancer Database. “Hispanic and American Indian or Alaska Native (AI/AN) individuals diagnosed with breast, colorectal, lung, and prostate cancer have been undercaptured in the National Cancer Database (NCDB), but their representation is improving, according to a study published online Dec. 27 in JAMA Network Open.”
Associated Press: Social media companies made $11 billion in US ad revenue from minors, Harvard study finds. “Social media companies collectively made over $11 billion in U.S. advertising revenue from minors last year, according to a study from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health published on Wednesday. The researchers say the findings show a need for government regulation of social media since the companies that stand to make money from children who use their platforms have failed to meaningfully self-regulate.”
The Conversation: The AI industry is on the verge of becoming another boys’ club. We’re all going to lose out if it does. “Unfortunately, the omission of women from the history of STEM isn’t a new phenomenon. Women have been missing from these narratives for centuries. In the wake of recent AI developments, we now have a choice: are we going to leave women out of these conversations as well – even as they continue to make massive contributions to the AI industry? Doing so risks leading us into the same fallacy that established computing itself as a ‘man’s world’. The reality, of course, is quite different.” Good morning, Internet…
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December 28, 2023 at 06:31PM
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