DOGE software approval alarms Labor Department employees
Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has received approval from the Labor Department to use software that could ...
Harvard Medical School19h
AI Companies Threaten Independent Social Media Research
Ethan Zuckerman and coauthors raise concerns about AI companies using user-generated social media data to train their LLMs.
Startup Daily2d
Google backflipped on its policy of not using AI for weapons
Google has abandoned its commitment to not use artificial intelligence in weapons creation or surveillance. Here's what it ...
Australian Institute of International Affairs3d
Has the Shield Become a Snare? Taiwan’s Semiconductor Supremacy and the Challenge of Economic Sovereignty
Increasing grey-zone warfare tactics by China near the Taiwan Strait, seen through the People’s Liberation Army’s repeated naval and aerospace incursions into Taiwan’s Air Defence Identification Zone ...
ScienceAlert3d
Two Major Studies Agree Earth Is Entering Frightening New Climate Phase
Earth is crossing the threshold of 1.5°C of global warming, according to two major global studies which together suggest the ...
techxplore4d
Cloud-based computing: Routes toward secure storage and affordable computation
Storing data in the cloud is now routine for people and companies alike, but cybersecurity risks still exist, particularly in ...
AI is being used in social services—but we must make sure it doesn't traumatize clients
ChatGPT was used by a Victorian child protection worker to draft documents. In a glaring error, ChatGPT referred to a "doll" ...
Houston Chronicle7d
Seed oils are toxic, says Robert F. Kennedy Jr. – but it’s not so simple
(THE CONVERSATION) Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is expected to clear the final hurdles in his confirmation as President Donald Trump’s health secretary, and a host of health influencers have proclaimed ...
What is open data? How Common Crawl and LAION shape open source AI training
Open data initiatives like Common Crawl and LAION are essential for training generative AI systems. The LAION-5B dataset ...