Saturday, April 08, 2023

 

Sturm College of Law, University of Denver

Feminine Technology and Reproductive Privacy after Dobbs

April 21, 2023 - 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM

Please register here: Spring 2023 Privacy Seminar





A most convoluted topic…

https://www.pogowasright.org/texas-judge-invalidates-f-d-a-approval-of-the-abortion-pill-mifepristone/

Texas judge Invalidates F.D.A. Approval of the Abortion Pill Mifepristone

Pam Belluck reports:

A federal judge in Texas issued a preliminary ruling invalidating the Food and Drug Administration’s 23-year-old approval of the abortion pill mifepristone, an unprecedented order that — if it stands through court challenges — could make it harder for patients to get abortions in states where abortion is legal, not just in those trying to restrict it.
The drug will continue to be available at least in the short-term since the Texas judge, Matthew J. Kacsmaryk, stayed his own order for seven days to give the F.D.A. time to ask an appeals court to intervene.
Less than an hour after Judge Kacsmaryk’s ruling, a judge in Washington state issued a ruling that directly contradicted the Texas decision, ordering the F.D.A. to make no changes to the availability of mifepristone.

Read more at The New York Times.





Their programming does not allow an “I don’t know” response. I would consider that a major failure.

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/04/why-ai-chatbots-are-the-ultimate-bs-machines-and-how-people-hope-to-fix-them/

Why ChatGPT and Bing Chat are so good at making things up

Over the past few months, AI chatbots like ChatGPT have captured the world's attention due to their ability to converse in a human-like way on just about any subject. But they come with a serious drawback: They can present convincing false information easily, making them unreliable sources of factual information and potential sources of defamation.

Why do AI chatbots make things up, and will we ever be able to fully trust their output? We asked several experts and dug into how these AI models work to find the answers.



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