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NEW RESOURCES
Cowboy State Daily: Casper-Based Database Revolutionizes Virtual Access For Civil War Buffs. “The website allows historians — amateur and professional — to dig into the nitty gritty of Civil War regiments, weapons and uniforms, or just to see how that great-great-great uncle lived on the battlefields from 1861-1865.”
Circular: New AI tool can analyse and explain all COP documents. “Pentatonic’s COP Tracker allows users to search the hundreds of pages of conference session documents, such as draft decisions, conclusions, and action reports, that the summit publishes each year. Users can generate ‘bespoke’ AI summaries and interact with a chat function to ask questions.” The site also makes it easy to hide the AI components if you’re just interested in the documents.
TWEAKS AND UPDATES
Search Engine Roundtable: Google Search Results Super Volatile Days After Reviews Update Completed. “The last likely Google confirmed update of the year, the November 2023 reviews update, completed last Thursday afternoon on the 7th. But days after it completed the Google search results are still super volatile and the fluctuations and chatter are heated.”
AROUND THE INTERNET WORLD
Gizmodo: Google’s NotebookLM Could Be the Ultimate AI-Based Notes App if It Doesn’t Lie to You. “NotebookLM lies, makes stuff up, and does it in some of the strangest ways possible. As an experiment, I plugged in a story I wrote a few years ago, along with a few supplementary documents, into NotebookLM and asked it to craft a query letter to send to literary agents. It got some parts right about my story but then misinterpreted whole swathes of its structure and plot. It then tried to lie and say I was a graduate of the University of California Berkeley (I’m not) and that I’m a member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators.”
The Messenger: X Looks to Small Advertisers After Elon Musk Attacks Big Brands: Report. “After antisemitic content was found near advertisements bought by major brands on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, some of the world’s largest companies pulled their spending on the platform. Now, X is going after a new demographic: small businesses.”
SECURITY & LEGAL
Stuff New Zealand: Social media vitriol has ‘profound effect’ on council staff. “‘Yous are proving to be ABSOLUTELY USELESS,’ reads one, under a Tasman District Council post about a cycle lane. ‘You f**cken clowns, no brains at all.’ ‘WHAT ARE YOU DOING??!? WHO IS MAKING THESE INCOMPETENT DECISIONS!?’ another shouts. Stuff contacted Tasman and Nelson councils to ask how they dealt with social media vitriol after a council employee, who asked to remain anonymous, got in touch to express their distress about such comments.”
New York Times: That QR Code You’re About to Scan Could Be Risky, F.T.C. Warns. “Scammers have used QR codes to steal personal information by imitating legitimate companies or sending deceptive emails and text messages, the Federal Trade Commission said.”
RESEARCH & OPINION
MIT News: MIT group releases white papers on governance of AI. “Providing a resource for U.S. policymakers, a committee of MIT leaders and scholars has released a set of policy briefs that outlines a framework for the governance of artificial intelligence. The approach includes extending current regulatory and liability approaches in pursuit of a practical way to oversee AI.”
University of Waterloo: Is Alexa sexist? In short, yes. “University of Waterloo professor and Canada Research Chair in Technology and Social Change Dr. Lai-Tze Fan analyzed hundreds of Amazon’s virtual assistant Alexa’s voice-driven skills. Dr. Fan’s goal was to better understand how the encoded technology mirrors and reinforces traditionally feminized labour and sociocultural expectations.”
OTHER THINGS I THINK ARE COOL
Ars Technica: Marbled paper, frosty fireworks among 2023 Gallery of Fluid Motion winners. “Marbled paper is an art form that dates back at least to the 17th century, when European travelers to the Middle East brought back samples and bound them into albums. Its visually striking patterns arise from the complex hydrodynamics of paint interacting with water, inspiring a winning video entry in this year’s Gallery of Fluid Motion.” Good afternoon, Internet…
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December 12, 2023 at 01:31AM
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