Local. (“Not aware of misuse” is more honest than statements claiming there has been no misuse.)
CO: Mental Health Partners discloses email hack potentially compromised employee and patient data
Mental Health Partners (also known as “Mental Health Center of Boulder County Inc.) issued a press release this week about an employee email account compromise discovered in late March.
An investigation revealed that the personal information of some MHP clients and current and former employees may have been accessed or taken during the incident.
The information involved may have included names; dates of birth; Social Security numbers; driver’s license or state identification card numbers; passport numbers; financial account information; medical record numbers; medical treatment information, including symptom, diagnosis, treatment, medication, and doctor information; and/or health insurance information.
While MHP is not aware of the misuse of any information impacted by this incident, they have sent required notifications and offered those affected complimentary credit monitoring services.
You can read their full notification/release on PR Newswire.
I had not considered this aspect.
Slack Has Made Remote Office Communication Easier. It Can Also Be Less Civil.
Chat applications have become a major way employees stay connected, but some see an uptick in agitation and bullying
… The technology allows workers to swap information in seconds and respond more quickly than in email with emojis and funny videos, making it easy to set an informal tone. As many offices remain closed, such platforms have become virtual water coolers, one of the primary ways homebound staffers stay in touch with each other.
But the casual nature of many interactions also means some people let their guards down, trash talk and act unprofessionally on the channels, some executives say. Since the pandemic, California employment lawyer Amber Bissell says she has noticed an uptick in harassment complaints related to online communications. Some companies say they have installed tracking tools to police online channels for signs of bullying.
Is your lawyer human?
https://arxiv.org/abs/2008.07743
Turing Test and the Practice of Law: The Role of Autonomous Levels of AI Legal Reasoning
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is increasingly being applied to law and a myriad of legal tasks amid attempts to bolster AI Legal Reasoning (AILR) autonomous capabilities. A major question that has generally been unaddressed involves how we will know when AILR has achieved autonomous capacities. The field of AI has grappled with similar quandaries over how to assess the attainment of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), a persistently discussed issue among scholars since the inception of AI, with the Turing Test communally being considered as the bellwether for ascertaining such matters. This paper proposes a variant of the Turing Test that is customized for specific use in the AILR realm, including depicting how this famous gold standard of AI fulfillment can be robustly applied across the autonomous levels of AI Legal Reasoning.
Some useful concepts.
Little Known Artificial Intelligence Secrets: What Unsupervised Learning Really Means
The ambiguity surrounding Artificial Intelligence is legion. The majority of enterprise proclamations of AI are simply applications of machine learning. Although this technology involves supervised learning, unsupervised learning, and reinforcement learning, misconceptions about these terms—and their use throughout the enterprise—abound.
An election year distraction?
Lawsuit Claims U.S. WeChat Ban Is Unconstitutional
A WeChat users group that says it isn’t affiliated with the app’s owner filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration late Friday, seeking to block an executive order that would bar transactions with WeChat.
The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in San Francisco, claims the executive order is unconstitutional. It was filed by U.S. WeChat Users Alliance, a nonprofit organization, as well as other plaintiffs including a small business and several individuals.
… The lawsuit alleges the ban violates WeChat users’ rights to free speech, due process and equal protection under law. Plaintiffs also contend the ban illegally targets Chinese-Americans, Mr. Bien said.
No just for the ‘Internet Ignorant.’
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/22/at-home/recognize-misinformation-internet.html
Recognize Misinformation on the Internet
… online webinars, classes and videos to teach older adults about misinformation are popping up, from “MediaWise for Seniors,” a program designed by AARP and the media nonprofit Poynter Institute, to “How to Spot Fake News,” a free class from Senior Planet, part of the nonprofit Older Adults Technology Services. Here’s a description of each.
… The schedule of classes is posted about a week ahead of time on Senior Planet’s website. Registration is not required.
… MediaWise for Seniors will offer a free four-part online course from Sept. 24 to Oct. 15. The deadline to register is Monday.
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