tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-305978622024-03-19T02:47:50.070-06:00Centennial ManObservations on articles I read to keep current about technology. My interests are: Privacy, security, business, the computer industry, and geeky stuff that catches my eye. <br><br>
I don't think I have an agenda beyond my own amusement. <br><br>
Note that I lump all my comments into a single post. This is not a typical BLOG technique, It's just an indication that I'm lazy.Centennial Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02075456072220236460noreply@blogger.comBlogger6439125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30597862.post-15435821489477891212024-03-18T07:37:00.002-06:002024-03-18T07:37:50.732-06:00<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Any hardware beyond drones?</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2024/03/drones-and-the-us-air-force.html">https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2024/03/drones-and-the-us-air-force.html</a></span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Drones
and the US Air Force</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Fascinating
</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://warontherocks.com/2024/03/drones-the-air-littoral-and-the-looming-irrelevance-of-the-u-s-air-force/">analysis</a>
</span></u></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">of
the use of drones on a modern battlefield—that is, Ukraine—and
the inability of the US Air Force to react to this change.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<blockquote class="western" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.55in; orphans: 2; padding: 0in; widows: 2;">
<span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">The
F-35A certainly remains an important platform for high-intensity
conventional warfare. But the Air Force is planning to buy 1,763 of
the aircraft, which will remain in service through the year 2070.
These jets, which are wholly unsuited for countering proliferated
low-cost enemy drones in the air littoral, present </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; padding: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><i><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-variant: normal;">enormous
</span></span></i></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">opportunity
costs for the service as a whole. In a set of comments </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; padding: 0in;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-variant: normal;"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/kevin-murray-1507a055_deadly-cheap-and-widespread-how-iran-supplied-activity-7162108210366119938-VVMi">posted
on LinkedIn</a> </span></span></u></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">last
month, defense analyst T.X. Hammes estimated the following. The
delivered cost of a single F-35A is </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; padding: 0in;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-variant: normal;"><a href="https://www.saffm.hq.af.mil/Portals/84/documents/FY24/Procurement/FY24%20Air%20Force%20Aircraft%20Procurement%20Vol%20I.pdf?ver=NMExUp6ZOJkMDUTjzBwtbA%3D%3D#page=117">around</a>
<a href="https://www.gao.gov/assets/gao-23-106047.pdf">$130 million</a></span></span></u></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">,
but buying </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; padding: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><i><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-variant: normal;">and
</span></span></i></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">operating
that plane throughout its lifecycle will cost at least $460 million.
He estimated that a single Chinese </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; padding: 0in;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-variant: normal;"><a href="https://asiatimes.com/2023/09/killer-sunflower-chinas-kamikaze-drone-has-arrived/">Sunflower
suicide drone</a> </span></span></u></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">costs
about $30,000—so </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>you
could purchase 16,000 Sunflowers for the cost of one F-35A</b></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">.
And since the full mission capable rate of the F-35A has hovered
around </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; padding: 0in;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-variant: normal;"><a href="https://www.gao.gov/assets/gao-23-105341.pdf">50
percent</a> </span></span></u></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">in
recent years, you need two to ensure that all missions can be
completed—for an opportunity cost of 32,000 Sunflowers. As Hammes
concluded, “Which do you think creates more problems for air
defense?”</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></blockquote>
<blockquote class="western" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.55in; orphans: 2; padding: 0in; widows: 2;">
<span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Ironically,
the first service to respond decisively to the new contestation of
the air littoral has been the U.S. Army. Its soldiers are directly
threatened by lethal drones, as the Tower 22 attack demonstrated all
too clearly. Quite unexpectedly, last month the Army </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; padding: 0in;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-variant: normal;"><a href="https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IF/IF12592">cancelled
its future reconnaissance helicopter</a> -</span></span></u></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
which has already cost the service $2 billion—because </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>fielding
a costly manned reconnaissance aircraft no longer makes sense</b></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">.
Today, the same mission can be performed by far less expensive
drones—without putting any pilots at risk. The Army also decided
to retire its aging </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; padding: 0in;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-variant: normal;"><a href="https://www.defenseone.com/defense-systems/2024/02/shakeup-army-cancels-planned-fara-helo-will-retire-two-drones/394061/">Shadow
and Raven legacy drones</a>,</span></span></u></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
whose declining survivability and capabilities have rendered them
obsolete, and announced a new rapid buy of </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; padding: 0in;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-variant: normal;"><a href="https://www.army-technology.com/news/us-army-to-rapidly-acquire-600-counter-uas-coyote-drones-under-raa/">600
Coyote counter-drone drones</a> </span></span></u></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">in
order to help protect its troops.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></blockquote>
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</p>Centennial Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02075456072220236460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30597862.post-8751503665220531072024-03-17T08:37:00.002-06:002024-03-17T08:37:46.828-06:00<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Inevitable.</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.elgaronline.com/monochap/book/9781035307555/book-part-9781035307555-6.xml">https://www.elgaronline.com/monochap/book/9781035307555/book-part-9781035307555-6.xml</a></span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Chapter
1: General introduction to Taxing Artificial Intelligence</span></p>
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</p>
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</p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;">Apples
and oranges?</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://cacm.acm.org/opinion/ethical-ai-is-not-about-ai/">https://cacm.acm.org/opinion/ethical-ai-is-not-about-ai/</a></span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Ethical
AI is Not about AI</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%; margin-left: 0.49in;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><i>The equation Ethics + AI =
Ethical AI is questionable.</i></span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;">…
<span style="font-size: small;">Additivity between two
entities requires ontological likeness. Adding ethics and AI is
based on ontological assumptions about what AI is and what ethics is,
namely that the two entities are of the same nature or, at least,
some of their components are.</span></p>
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</p>
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</p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;">Economics
is best understood in hindsight. </span>
</p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://reason.com/2024/03/16/seattle-law-mandating-higher-delivery-driver-pay-is-a-disaster/">https://reason.com/2024/03/16/seattle-law-mandating-higher-delivery-driver-pay-is-a-disaster/</a></span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Seattle
Law Mandating Higher Delivery Driver Pay Is a Disaster</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%; margin-left: 0.49in;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><i>Just two weeks after the
law went into effect, Seattleites had to contend with $26 coffees and
$32 sandwiches.</i></span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;">In
2022, Seattle's City Council passed an ordinance mandating a minimum
earnings floor for app-based food delivery drivers in the city. The
law finally went into effect in January 2024, but so far the main
result has been customers deleting their delivery apps en masse, food
orders plummeting, and driver pay cratering.</span></p>
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</p>
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</p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;">We’ve
got lots of information. Some of it may be true. </span>
</p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.washingtontimes.com/newsletters/curated/threat-status/issue/54/">https://www.washingtontimes.com/newsletters/curated/threat-status/issue/54/</a></span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">AI
'hallucinations' spark U.S. intel concern</span></p>
<p class="western"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">U.S.
intelligence <a href="https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/mar/15/americas-spies-say-new-tools-tradecraft-needed-to-/" target="_blank">says</a>
new Generative Artificial Intelligence (GAI) is providing
opportunities for American spies collecting and analyzing open-source
information, but also serious <a href="https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/mar/15/americas-spies-say-new-tools-tradecraft-needed-to-/" target="_blank">challenges</a>
given that those tools sometimes produce “hallucinations” —
essentially inventing answers with demonstrably false information.</span></span></p>
<p class="western"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">National
Security Tech Reporter <a href="https://www.washingtontimes.com/staff/ryan-lovelace/" target="_blank">Ryan
Lovelace</a> has a deep-dive on the “Intelligence Community
Open-Source Intelligence (IC-OCINT) Strategy for 2024-2026,” an
<a href="https://www.dni.gov/files/ODNI/documents/IC_OSINT_Strategy.pdf" target="_blank">unclassified</a>
version of which was made public this month by Director of National
Intelligence Avril Haines and CIA Director William Burns. The
document says </span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>the
intelligence community needs new tradecraft</b></span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
and training to prepare analysts and operatives to combat the <a href="https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/mar/15/americas-spies-say-new-tools-tradecraft-needed-to-/" target="_blank">dangers</a>
of GAI, including the production of false information that some warn
could trigger bad decisions or a global disaster.</span></span></p>
<p class="western"><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #363636;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;">“</span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #363636;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">OSINT
tradecraft and training must be updated and refined to mitigate the
potential risks of GAI, including inaccuracies and hallucinations,”
the strategy document <a href="https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/mar/15/americas-spies-say-new-tools-tradecraft-needed-to-/" target="_blank">states</a>.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="western"><br />
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</p>Centennial Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02075456072220236460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30597862.post-9395797350329377022024-03-16T08:12:00.002-06:002024-03-16T08:12:53.407-06:00<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Is it ethical to charge for
work done by an AI?</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.abajournal.com/web/article/the-fate-of-billable-hours-is-in-ais-hands">https://www.abajournal.com/web/article/the-fate-of-billable-hours-is-in-ais-hands</a>
</span>
</p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The
fate of billable hours is in the hands of artificial intelligence</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;">… <span style="font-size: small;">If
AI is capable of doing tasks in seconds that once took hours or days,
then law firms are faced with a dilemma: continue depending on that
timer, which will be cut significantly; or find alternative billing
methods that account for the tasks done, rather than the time that it
takes to do them.</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;">Within
five years, predicts Mathew Kerbis, the founding attorney at
Subscription Attorney in Deerfield, Illinois, which offers legal
advice and services to clients, the only way to profitably bill time
via traditional billable hours in light of AI advancements will be to
charge thousands if not tens of thousands per hour.</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><br />
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</p>Centennial Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02075456072220236460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30597862.post-9804729061460089312024-03-15T08:19:00.001-06:002024-03-15T08:19:15.781-06:00<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Hallucination free? </span>
</p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://www.lawnext.com/2024/03/free-legal-research-startup-descrybe-ai-now-has-ai-summaries-of-all-state-supreme-and-appellate-opinions.html">https://www.lawnext.com/2024/03/free-legal-research-startup-descrybe-ai-now-has-ai-summaries-of-all-state-supreme-and-appellate-opinions.html</a>
</span>
</p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Free
Legal Research Startup descrybe.ai Now Has AI Summaries of All State
Supreme and Appellate Opinions</span></p>
<p class="western"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal;"><span style="color: #1472a9;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b><a href="https://descrybe.ai/">descrybe.ai</a>,</b></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">
a year-old legal research startup focused on using artificial
intelligence to provide free and easy access to court opinions, has
completed its goal of creating AI-generated summaries of all
available state supreme and appellate court opinions from throughout
the United States.</span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="western">… <span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">It
uses AI to generate summaries of court opinions and make them
searchable. Opinions from 18 states so far also have AI-generated
abstracts, highlighting the parties, issue, background, procedural
history, analysis and holding.</span></span></p>
<p class="western">… <span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">There
is no cost or sign-up required to use the site, so if you are curious
about it, give it a try.</span></span></p>
<p class="western"><br /></p>Centennial Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02075456072220236460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30597862.post-56939565898658833382024-03-14T08:27:00.001-06:002024-03-14T08:27:17.685-06:00<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Tools & Techniques. Not
unlike forensic tools.</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.bespacific.com/online-investigative-tools-you-can-try-right-now/">https://www.bespacific.com/online-investigative-tools-you-can-try-right-now/</a></span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Online
Investigative Tools You Can Try Right Now</span></p>
<p class="western"><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;">“</span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">The
2024 </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; padding: 0in;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-variant: normal;"><a href="https://www.ire.org/training/conferences/nicar-2024/" target="_blank">NICAR
data journalism summit</a> </span></span></u></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;">—
</span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">hosted
in Baltimore by </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; padding: 0in;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-variant: normal;"><a href="https://www.ire.org/" target="_blank">Investigative
Reporters and Editors</a> </span></span></u></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;">—
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scores of innovative reporting resources and tools, primarily for US
data reporters GIJN curated these tips and databases for ones that
are transferable to investigative and data reporters around the
world, and we will share these globally relevant techniques in
several stories in the weeks to come. In this first story from
NICAR24, we highlight some </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; padding: 0in;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-variant: normal;"><a href="https://gijn.org/stories/cutting-edge-free-online-investigative-tools/" target="_blank">new,
free investigative tools</a> </span></span></u></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">on
fact-checking, topic briefing, and journalist safety that were the
subject of significant interest in the hallways at NICAR, and which
could help reporters in almost any country right now…</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; padding: 0in;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-variant: normal;">”</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
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</p>Centennial Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02075456072220236460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30597862.post-44649113652839520482024-03-13T08:32:00.001-06:002024-03-13T08:32:26.580-06:00<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Do lawyers need the truth?</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.marketplace.org/shows/marketplace-tech/ai-cant-handle-the-truth-when-it-comes-to-the-law/">https://www.marketplace.org/shows/marketplace-tech/ai-cant-handle-the-truth-when-it-comes-to-the-law/</a></span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">AI
can’t handle the truth when it comes to the law</span></p>
<p class="western"><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Almost
one in five lawyers are using AI, </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; padding: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-variant: normal;"><a href="https://www.abajournal.com/web/article/clients-more-optimistic-about-ai-than-legal-professionals-says-clios-2023-legal-trends-report" target="_blank">according
to an American Bar Association survey</a>.</span></span></u></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="western"><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">But
there are a growing number of legal horror stories involving tools
like ChatGPT, because </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; padding: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-variant: normal;"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/27/nyregion/avianca-airline-lawsuit-chatgpt.html" target="_blank">chatbots
have a tendency to make stuff up</a>.</span></span></u></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
For example, </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; padding: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-variant: normal;"><a href="https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4381736-michael-cohen-gave-lawyer-fraudulent-case-citations-generated-by-ai/" target="_blank">legal
precedents from cases that never happened.</a> </span></span></u></span></span></span></span></span></span>
</p>
<p class="western"><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Marketplace’s
Meghan McCarty Carino spoke with Daniel Ho at Stanford’s Institute
for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence about the group’s recent
</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; padding: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-variant: normal;"><a href="https://hai.stanford.edu/news/hallucinating-law-legal-mistakes-large-language-models-are-pervasive" target="_blank">study
on how frequently three of the most popular language models from
ChatGPT, Meta and Google hallucinate</a> </span></span></u></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">when
asked to weigh in or assist with legal cases.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="western"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The
following is an edited transcript of their conversation</span></span></p>
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<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;">Lots
of questions. What rules do we need? It’s sort of like, “Hey,
that guy looks like Vladimir Putin but with a mustache!” </span>
</p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.9news.com/article/news/investigations/police-use-colorado-dmv-facial-recognition-program/73-0c2d862c-a33c-4598-bc0a-e0d1a8ee287f">https://www.9news.com/article/news/investigations/police-use-colorado-dmv-facial-recognition-program/73-0c2d862c-a33c-4598-bc0a-e0d1a8ee287f</a></span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Police
increasingly using Colorado DMV facial recognition program</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;">… <span style="font-size: small;">In
a recent case, from October, federal records show ATF investigators
requested an image scan at the Colorado DMV after security cameras
captured a man walking out of a Denver gun shop with guns and ammo.</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;">The
face scan pointed to two men, including a 20-year-old man named
Brayan Enriquez, according to a federal criminal complaint. </span>
</p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;">…
<span style="font-size: small;">Investigators also pointed out
in the criminal complaint the face scan of the second suspect led to
a man who didn’t have anything to do with the crime. </span>
</p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;">… <span style="font-size: small;">DMV
records also show a “possible match” comes up only about
one-third of the time over the last four years. </span>
</p>
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</p>Centennial Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02075456072220236460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30597862.post-7512858650493755772024-03-12T09:07:00.000-06:002024-03-12T09:07:25.705-06:00<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">I’ll have my AI contact your
AI. They can schedule a virtual lunch to discuss your job offer.</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.entrepreneur.com/business-news/ai-is-changing-how-companies-recruit-how-candidates-respond/470912">https://www.entrepreneur.com/business-news/ai-is-changing-how-companies-recruit-how-candidates-respond/470912</a></span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">AI
Is Changing How Businesses Recruit for Open Roles — and How
Candidates Are Gaming the System</span></p>
<p class="western">AI is gaining a foothold in recruiting, with
<span style="border: 1px solid #e5e7eb; display: inline-block; padding: 0.02in;"><a href="https://www.hbs.edu/managing-the-future-of-work/Documents/research/hiddenworkers09032021.pdf">Jobscan
research</a> </span>finding that 99% of Fortune 500 companies use the
technology to automatically filter out applicants, and a <span style="border: 1px solid #e5e7eb; display: inline-block; padding: 0.02in;"><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ai-job-interview-tips-to-prepare-artificial-intelligence/">Resume
Builder survey</a> </span>projecting that 40% of companies will use
AI to "talk" to candidates this year.</p>
<p class="western">… On video calls with AI, applicants can use
AI teleprompters such as <span style="border: 1px solid #e5e7eb; display: inline-block; padding: 0.02in;"><a href="https://www.finalroundai.com/">Final
Round AI</a>,</span> which listens to questions and generates answers
during an interview in real-time based on a resume and cover letter.</p>
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<p class="western">If my AI called and asked enough questions, could
it build a large language model sufficient to become an advice giving
“lawyer substitute?”
</p>
<p class="western"><a href="https://www.bespacific.com/aba-free-legal-answers/">https://www.bespacific.com/aba-free-legal-answers/</a></p>
<p class="western"><span style="font-size: medium;">ABA Free
Legal Answers</span></p>
<p class="western"><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;">“</span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">The
American Bar Association web program </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; padding: 0in;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-variant: normal;"><a href="https://www.americanbar.org/groups/probono_public_service/projects_awards/free-legal-answers/?login" target="_blank">ABA
Free Legal Answers</a>, </span></span></u></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">which
gives income-eligible users the ability to pose civil legal questions
to volunteer attorneys, has released a nationwide list of lawyers,
law firms, corporate law departments, law schools and other legal
organizations who in 2023 handled the most online questions.
Launched in 2016, the program operates in 43 jurisdictions, including
a federal portal that addresses veterans benefits and immigration
questions. More than 13,500 attorneys nationally have registered to
volunteer on ABA Free Legal Answers (FLA), which operates virtually.
Of those, 148 attorneys in 2023 — an increase from 2022 — handled
at least 50 civil legal questions each and are recognized as </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; padding: 0in;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-variant: normal;"><a href="https://www.americanbar.org/groups/probono_public_service/projects_awards/free-legal-answers/probonoleaders/?login" target="_blank">2023
ABA Free Legal Answers Pro Bono Leaders</a>.</span></span></u></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
In addition, 36 law firms, corporate law departments and other legal
organizations were recognized for answering at least 75 questions in
2023. The nationwide program has emerged as a no-cost way for
eligible participants to obtain basic civil legal guidance, as pro
bono lawyers have fielded more than 40,000 inquiries annually since
2019. Through last year, Free Legal Answers handled 330,221 total
questions since its inception. The summary report for 2023 is </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; padding: 0in;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-variant: normal;"><a href="https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/probono_public_service/abafree/rpts/2023/2023-summary-report.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></span></u></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
“ABA Free Legal Answers has become a vital link to civil legal aid
for those in need,” ABA President Mary Smith said. “The program
exemplifies a commitment to access to justice, with over 330,000
questions responded to and thousands of attorneys offering their
expertise on a volunteer basis since its inception in 2016. The
platform stands as a testament to the impact of pro bono work in
addressing the legal needs of low-income communities.” Geared to
expand legal services for low-income communities, the service
requires users to meet income eligibility guidelines applicable to
each state or U.S. territory. While expanding access to legal
services, ABA Free Legal Answers also expands pro bono opportunities
for attorneys in a convenient way to match their schedules.’</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<blockquote class="western"><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;">…</span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Free
Legal Answers is an accessible way for our attorneys to be a resource
to those in need at any time of the day,” said Margaret Richards,
director of Pro Bono Services at Husch Blackwell LLP, whose attorneys
handled 821 questions in 2023 on the California, Illinois, Missouri,
Nebraska, Tennessee, Texas and Wisconsin sites. In addition to
providing volunteer attorney time, Husch Blackwell is also an FLA
funder, as the program relies on private contributions to keep this
free service available for those needing legal assistance.
Nationally, attorneys can volunteer their services by navigating to
</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; padding: 0in;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-variant: normal;"><a href="https://www.abafreelegalanswers.org/" target="_blank">ABA
Free Legal Answers</a> </span></span></u></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">and
selecting “Attorney Registration.”</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></blockquote>
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<p class="western">I would never suggest that the car’s driving log
was a target for hackers, but if it could “prove” that I am a
safe driver, deserving of the lowest insurance rates, it is clearly
valuable.</p>
<p class="western"><a href="https://www.bespacific.com/automakers-are-sharing-consumers-driving-behavior-with-insurance-companies/">https://www.bespacific.com/automakers-are-sharing-consumers-driving-behavior-with-insurance-companies/</a></p>
<p class="western"><span style="font-size: medium;">Automakers
Are Sharing Consumers’ Driving Behavior With Insurance Companies</span></p>
<p class="western"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; padding: 0in;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-variant: normal;"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/11/technology/carmakers-driver-tracking-insurance.html?unlocked_article_code=1.b00.WNY6.1fEAGvGKLlWF" target="_blank">The
New York Times – unpaywalled</a>:</span></span></u></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
“Kenn Dahl says he has always been a careful driver. The owner of
a software company near Seattle, he drives a leased Chevrolet Bolt.
He’s never been responsible for an accident. So Mr. Dahl, 65, was
surprised in 2022 when the cost of his car insurance jumped by 21
percent. Quotes from other insurance companies were also high. One
insurance agent told him his LexisNexis report was a factor.
LexisNexis is a New York-based global data broker with a “Risk
Solutions” division that caters to the auto insurance industry and
has traditionally kept tabs on car accidents and tickets. Upon Mr.
Dahl’s request, LexisNexis sent him a 258-page “</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; padding: 0in;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-variant: normal;"><a href="https://consumer.risk.lexisnexis.com/consumer" target="_blank">consumer
disclosure report</a>,</span></span></u></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">”
</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>which
it must provide per the Fair Credit Reporting Act</b></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">.
What it contained stunned him: more than 130 pages detailing each
time he or his wife had driven the Bolt over the previous six months.
It included the dates of 640 trips, their start and end times, the
distance driven and an accounting of any speeding, hard braking or
sharp accelerations. The only thing it didn’t have is where they
had driven the car. On a Thursday morning in June for example, the
car had been driven 7.33 miles in 18 minutes; there had been two
rapid accelerations and two incidents of hard braking. According to
the report, the trip details had been provided by General Motors —
the manufacturer of the Chevy Bolt. LexisNexis analyzed that driving
data to create a risk score “for insurers to use as one factor of
many to create more personalized insurance coverage,” according to
a LexisNexis spokesman, Dean Carney. Eight insurance companies had
requested information about Mr. Dahl from LexisNexis over the
previous month. “It felt like a betrayal,” Mr. Dahl said.
“They’re taking information that I didn’t realize was going to
be shared and screwing with our insurance.”</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">
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<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;">Let’s
hope we don’t look back in a few years and wish we had taken this
report seriously…</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.bespacific.com/an-action-plan-to-increase-the-safety-and-security-of-advanced-ai/">https://www.bespacific.com/an-action-plan-to-increase-the-safety-and-security-of-advanced-ai/</a></span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">An
Action Plan to increase the safety and security of advanced AI</span></p>
<p class="western"><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;">“</span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">In
October 2022, a month before ChatGPT was released, the U.S. State
Department commissioned the first-ever assessment of proliferation
and security risk from weaponized and misaligned AI. In February
2024, Gladstone completed that assessment. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; padding: 0in;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-variant: normal;"><a href="https://www.gladstone.ai/action-plan#action-plan-overview" target="_blank">It
includes an analysis of catastrophic AI risks</a>,</span></span></u></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
and a </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; padding: 0in;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-variant: normal;"><a href="https://www.gladstone.ai/action-plan#action-plan-overview" target="_blank">first-of-its-kind,
government-wide Action Plan</a> </span></span></u></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">for
what we can do about them…”</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="western"><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Executive
Summary – </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; padding: 0in;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-variant: normal;"><a href="https://assets-global.website-files.com/62c4cf7322be8ea59c904399/65e7779f72417554f7958260_Gladstone%20Action%20Plan%20Executive%20Summary.pdf" target="_blank">Defense
in Depth: An Action Plan to Increase the Safety and Security of
Advanced AI</a> </span></span></u></span></span></span></span></span></span>
</p>
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</p>Centennial Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02075456072220236460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30597862.post-68498520492238109072024-03-11T07:58:00.002-06:002024-03-11T07:58:11.747-06:00<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Poor redaction technique makes
this easier.</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2024/03/using-llms-to-unredact-text.html">https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2024/03/using-llms-to-unredact-text.html</a></span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Using
LLMs to Unredact Text</span></p>
<p class="western"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; padding: 0in;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-variant: normal;"><a href="https://twitter.com/khoomeik/status/1765373683449893123">Initial
results</a> </span></span></u></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">in
using LLMs to unredact text </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>based
on the size of the individual-word redaction rectangles</b></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="western"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">This
feels like something that a specialized ML system could be trained
on.</span></span></p>
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<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;">I
had never heard of this. Would it be worth while to wack politicians
on the head? (or just fun!) </span>
</p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/articles/202403/the-mystery-of-sudden-genius">https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/articles/202403/the-mystery-of-sudden-genius</a></span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The
Mystery of Sudden Genius</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%; margin-left: 0.49in;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><i>The phenomenon of acquired
savant syndrome reveals what happens when brain damage unleashes
brilliance.</i></span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;">… <span style="font-size: small;">No
single theory can explain all cases of savant syndrome. But one
leading hypothesis, especially for acquired savant syndrome, is that
anomaly or damage in the left hemisphere essentially rewires the
brain, recruiting new capacity or releasing dormant ability from the
intact right hemisphere—much as a person with a broken leg relies
more heavily on their opposing, functioning limb, thereby
strengthening it.</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;">The
distinction between the two brain hemispheres is often
oversimplified, but differences do exist: The left hemisphere
specializes in logical, sequential, language-based processes, while
the right specializes in creative and artistic processes. <span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Acquired
savant syndrome overwhelmingly involves left hemisphere damage</b></span>
and right hemisphere specialty skills.</span></p>
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</p>Centennial Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02075456072220236460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30597862.post-10550917886332062242024-03-10T09:23:00.001-06:002024-03-10T09:23:09.119-06:00<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">How privacy erodes…</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://petapixel.com/2024/03/08/germany-vs-google-how-street-view-won-the-privacy-battle-in-europes-most-private-country/">https://petapixel.com/2024/03/08/germany-vs-google-how-street-view-won-the-privacy-battle-in-europes-most-private-country/</a></span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Germany
vs Google: How Street View Won the Privacy Battle in Europe’s Most
Private Country</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;">For
residents and tourists alike, Google Maps Street View is an
exceptionally useful navigational tool. However, not every country
has welcomed Google’s iconic Street View cars to their streets.
One of these longtime holdouts, Germany, has only recently begun to
change its tune after more than a decade of resistance. But why?</span></p>
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<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;">Using
AI to write grant proposals to study AI? Pass this to your favorite
academic.</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1011863">https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1011863</a></span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Ten
simple rules to leverage large language models for getting grants</span></p>
<p class="western">… <span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #202020;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">As
writers of scientific proposals, we believe that writing proposals is
a very personal exercise where the final product is best when imbued
with the ideas, style, and personality of the writer. The iterative
process of drafting and refining also helps develop scientific
writing skills [</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #50a1ef;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1011863#pcbi.1011863.ref015">15</a>
</span></u></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #202020;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">],
which are essential for a successful long-term career in academia.
We also believe, however, that scientists can benefit immensely from
including AI in this process, as assistants or makeshift reviewers,
in particular as the algorithms that power these systems become
better and more widely available. This article aims to strike a
delicate balance—an enthusiastic yet cautionary tale outlining 10
best practice tips (summarized in </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #50a1ef;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1011863#pcbi-1011863-g001">Fig
1</a> </span></u></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #202020;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">)
for using LLMs during your grant writing journey.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
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<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;">Perspective.</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/10454111">https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/10454111</a></span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Guest
Editorial: Ethics in Affective Computing</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;">Stunning
advances in machine learning are heralding a new era in sensing,
interpreting, simulating and stimulating human emotion. In the human
sciences, research is increasingly highlighting the explanatory power
of emotions, feelings, and other affective processes to predict how
we think and behave. This is beginning to translate into an
explosion of applications that can improve human wellbeing including
methods to reduce stress and improve emotion regulation skills,
techniques to support healthier social media use, pain monitoring in
neonates, and decision-support tools that recognize emotional bias.</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;">Yet
these transformations raise legitimate concerns. Affective computing
applications sometimes proceed independently from findings in
affective science or a broader consideration of human well-being.
For example, some “emotion recognition” products claim to reveal
what a customer truly feels from a decontextualized image of their
face alone (a capability that affective science has long deemed
implausible). Other methods naively incorporate biases that would
undermine individuals’ rights or fair access to resources. Even
when a product has a strong scientific basis, there can be good
reasons to restrict its use due to questionable societal value or
concerns that its widespread use could undermine cherished rights.</span></p>
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</p>Centennial Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02075456072220236460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30597862.post-5079482401459887552024-03-09T08:52:00.001-07:002024-03-09T08:52:28.577-07:00<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">As I read this, I find I have
many questions. Can a 12 year old give consent? Does pasting a head
on a nude make it a depiction of that person? I expect this to be
educational…</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/florida-teens-arrested-deepfake-nudes-classmates/">https://www.wired.com/story/florida-teens-arrested-deepfake-nudes-classmates/</a></span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Florida
Middle Schoolers Arrested for Allegedly Creating Deepfake Nudes of
Classmates</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;">… <span style="font-size: small;">The
Florida case appears to be the first arrests and criminal charges as
a result of alleged sharing of AI-generated nude images to come to
light. The boys were charged with third-degree felonies—<span style="font-size: medium;"><b>the
same level of crimes as grand theft auto or false imprisonment</b></span>—under
a state law passed in 2022 which makes it a felony to share “any
altered sexual depiction” of a person without their consent.</span></p>
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<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;">Perhaps
there is a “right way to use AI in the elections?</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/underdog-who-beat-biden-in-american-samoa-used-ai-in-election-campaign-b0ce62d6?st=e31sq54928l55f0">https://www.wsj.com/articles/underdog-who-beat-biden-in-american-samoa-used-ai-in-election-campaign-b0ce62d6?st=e31sq54928l55f0</a></span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Underdog
Who Beat Biden in American Samoa Used AI in Election Campaign</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;">The
little-known presidential candidate who beat President Biden in
American Samoa’s Democratic caucus earlier this week says
artificial intelligence played a big role in his campaign strategy. </span>
</p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;">Jason
Palmer, an impact investor and venture capitalist who entered the
race in November, has leveraged generative AI to communicate with
voters via SMS text and email, and answer specific questions about
his background and policy. Additionally, Palmer’s campaign website
has an avatar, PalmerAI, that answers questions with the candidate’s
voice and likeness. </span>
</p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;">Palmer
himself never set foot on the tiny territory of islands in the South
Pacific during the campaign, conducting his entire bid virtually. He
credits his 11-vote victory to an exceptional local team and its
grassroots effort, but also said his use of AI made a meaningful
difference. </span>
</p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;">…
<span style="font-size: small;">Palmer spent less than $5,000
on the American Samoa campaign. “If I had millions of dollars to
market to Colorado or Vermont, who knows I might have been more
competitive in those states,” he said. </span>
</p>
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<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;">14
of 50.</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://fpf.org/blog/little-new-about-hampshire/">https://fpf.org/blog/little-new-about-hampshire/</a></span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">LITTLE
NEW ABOUT HAMPSHIRE</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;">On
March 6, 2024, Governor Sununu <span style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #004a8b; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none; display: inline-block; padding-bottom: 0.02in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #004a8b;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><a href="https://www.governor.nh.gov/news-and-media/governor-chris-sununu-signs-bill-protecting-consumer-data">signed</a>
<a href="https://gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/pdf.aspx?id=26608&q=billVersion">SB
255</a> </span></span></span>into law, making New Hampshire the
fourteenth U.S. State to adopt a comprehensive privacy law to govern
the collection, use, and transfer of personal data. SB 255 is the
second comprehensive privacy law enacted in 2024, the first having
been <span style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #004a8b; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none; display: inline-block; padding-bottom: 0.02in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #004a8b;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><a href="https://fpf.org/blog/the-garden-state-joins-the-comprehensive-privacy-grove/">New
Jersey’s S332</a>,</span></span></span> which was also a holdover
from the 2023 legislative session. Another example of states
following the “Connecticut model,” S255 bears a strong
resemblance to other laws following the Washington Privacy Act (WPA)
framework. The law will take effect on January 1, 2025. This blog
post addresses two unique facets of SB 255, including its narrow
rulemaking authority and a unique provision addressing conflicts with
other laws, while ultimately reflecting on how SB 255 is arguably the
first “boring” state comprehensive privacy law.</span></p>
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<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;">No
one is 100% safe. Not every hack is catastrophic. </span>
</p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/08/politics/top-us-cybersecurity-agency-cisa-hacked/index.html">https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/08/politics/top-us-cybersecurity-agency-cisa-hacked/index.html</a></span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Top
US cybersecurity agency hacked and forced to take some systems
offline</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;">… <span style="font-size: small;">One
of the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s
affected systems runs a program that allows federal, state and local
officials to share cyber and physical security assessment tools,
according to the US officials briefed on the matter. The other holds
information on security assessment of chemical facilities, the
sources said.</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;">A
CISA spokesperson said in a statement that “there is no operational
impact at this time” from the incident and that the agency
continues to “upgrade and modernize our systems.”</span></p>
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<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;">Perspective.</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.cnet.com/tech/you-cant-have-an-ai-chatbot-without-an-llm-heres-how-that-all-works/">https://www.cnet.com/tech/you-cant-have-an-ai-chatbot-without-an-llm-heres-how-that-all-works/</a></span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">You
Can't Have an AI Chatbot Without an LLM. Here's How That All Works</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;">When
you interact with an AI chatbot like ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot or
Gemini, it may seem like you're talking to another person.</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;">But
these chatbots don't actually understand the meaning of words the way
we do. Instead, they are how we interact with what are known as
large language models, or LLMs. This underlying technology is
trained to recognize how words are used and which ones frequently
appear together so it can predict future words, sentences or
paragraphs.</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;">… <span style="font-size: small;">If
you're wondering what LLMs have to do with AI, this explainer is for
you. Here's what you need to know about LLMs.</span></p>
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<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;">I
would never, ever try this… Probably. </span>
</p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.1011now.com/2024/03/08/lincoln-woman-exploits-pump-glitch-get-over-27000-free-gas-police-say/">https://www.1011now.com/2024/03/08/lincoln-woman-exploits-pump-glitch-get-over-27000-free-gas-police-say/</a></span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Lincoln
woman exploits pump glitch to get over $27,000 of free gas, police
say</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;">… <span style="font-size: small;">Upon
further investigation, police learned that the fuel pumps received a
software update in November of 2022. The update managed orders and
reward cards, and it was made at the request of customers and staff.</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;">Unbeknownst
to the company, however, the update was exploitable. It allowed
anyone to swipe a rewards card twice to enter the pump into a demo
mode. From there, the user could pump gas for free.</span></p>
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</p>Centennial Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02075456072220236460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30597862.post-57074212519241667342024-03-08T07:22:00.002-07:002024-03-08T07:22:48.838-07:00<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Interesting take.</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://sloanreview.mit.edu/video/how-to-succeed-with-predictive-ai/">https://sloanreview.mit.edu/video/how-to-succeed-with-predictive-ai/</a></span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">How
to Succeed With Predictive AI</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;">Machine
learning is the engine of predictive AI. Yet too many machine
learning projects fail at deployment. The primary reason? They’re
viewed as technology rather than business projects. And
organizations often fail to foster a connection between business and
technology functions.</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;">In
this webinar, Eric Siegel, author of The AI Playbook, will explain
what business stakeholders must do to succeed with AI. </span>
</p>
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<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;">Perspective.</p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-03-08/tiktok-america-s-addiction-isn-t-just-china-s-fault">https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-03-08/tiktok-america-s-addiction-isn-t-just-china-s-fault</a></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">America’s
TikTok Addiction Isn’t Just China’s Fault</span></p>
<p class="western">There are few things that can get both the
American left and right as exercised as the idea that a foreign
nation is perverting the minds of their young. When that country is
China, the full force of the US political system weighs in. That has
<span style="border: 1px solid #e5e7eb; display: inline-block; padding: 0.02in;"><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-07/tiktok-divestment-push-advances-with-house-committee-approval" target="_blank">resulted</a>
</span>in the unanimous approval of a bill that would stop internet
service providers and app stores from offering TikTok to consumers,
unless the social media firm’s Chinese parent <span style="border: 1px solid #e5e7eb; display: inline-block; padding: 0.02in;"><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/quote/1774397D:CH" target="_blank">ByteDance
Ltd.</a> </span>sells it within six months.</p>
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</p>
<p class="western">(Related) Consistency would be confusing?
</p>
<p class="western"><a href="https://www.axios.com/2024/03/08/trump-claims-tiktok-ban-would-only-help-enemy-facebook">https://www.axios.com/2024/03/08/trump-claims-tiktok-ban-would-only-help-enemy-facebook</a></p>
<p class="western"><span style="font-size: medium;">Trump
claims TikTok ban would only help "enemy" Facebook</span></p>
<p class="western">Former President Trump came out in support of
TikTok in the face of congressional legislation pushing for Chinese
divestment from the app in a Thursday night post that also attacked
Facebook.</p>
<p class="western">Why it matters: The likely 2024 Republican
presidential nominee threatened to ban TikTok when he was president.</p>
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</p>Centennial Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02075456072220236460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30597862.post-65069552711145275542024-03-07T07:30:00.000-07:002024-03-07T07:30:02.477-07:00<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Took a while, but worth
reading…</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.bespacific.com/report-of-the-1st-workshop-on-generative-ai-and-law/">https://www.bespacific.com/report-of-the-1st-workshop-on-generative-ai-and-law/</a></span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Report
of the 1st Workshop on Generative AI and Law</span></p>
<p class="western">… <span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Report
of the 1st Workshop on Generative AI and Law (November 16, 2023).
Yale Law & Economics Research Paper, Available at SSRN:
</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; padding: 0in;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-variant: normal;"><a href="https://ssrn.com/abstract=4634513">https://ssrn.com/abstract=4634513</a>
</span></span></u></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">or
</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; padding: 0in;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-variant: normal;"><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4634513">http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4634513</a>
</span></span></u></span></span></span></span></span></span>
</p>
<p class="western"><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;">“</span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">This
report presents the takeaways of the inaugural Workshop on Generative
AI and Law (GenLaw), held in July 2023. A cross-disciplinary group
of practitioners and scholars from computer science and law convened
to discuss the technical, doctrinal, and policy challenges presented
by law for Generative AI, and by Generative AI for law, with an
emphasis on U.S. law in particular. We begin the report with a
high-level statement about why Generative AI is both immensely
significant and immensely challenging for law. To meet these
challenges, we conclude that there is an essential need for 1) a
shared knowledge base that provides a common conceptual language for
experts across disciplines; 2) clarification of the distinctive
technical capabilities of generative-AI systems, as compared and
contrasted to other computer and AI systems; 3) a logical taxonomy of
the legal issues these systems raise; and, 4) a concrete research
agenda to promote collaboration and knowledge-sharing on emerging
issues at the intersection of Generative AI and law. In this report,
we synthesize the key takeaways from the GenLaw workshop that begin
to address these needs. All of the listed authors contributed to the
workshop upon which this report is based, but they and their
organizations do not necessarily endorse all of the specific claims
in this report.”</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
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<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;">Similar
to what Ukraine has been doing for some time. </span>
</p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.livescience.com/technology/engineering/ai-drone-that-could-hunt-and-kill-people-built-in-just-hours-by-scientist-for-a-game">https://www.livescience.com/technology/engineering/ai-drone-that-could-hunt-and-kill-people-built-in-just-hours-by-scientist-for-a-game</a>
</span>
</p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">AI
drone that could hunt and kill people built in just hours by
scientist 'for a game'</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%; margin-left: 0.49in;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><i>The scientist who
configured a small drone to target people with facial recognition and
chase them at full speed warns we have no defenses against such
weapons.</i></span></p>
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</p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;">Apparently
we don’t exactly know what we want…</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/91044103/what-is-artificial-general-intelligence-openai-gpt-4-musk-lawsuit">https://www.fastcompany.com/91044103/what-is-artificial-general-intelligence-openai-gpt-4-musk-lawsuit</a></span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Admit
it: ‘Artificial general intelligence’ may already be obsolete</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%; margin-left: 0.49in;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><i>Expecting OpenAI’s GPT
and other large language models to beat humans at thinking like a
human might be missing the point.</i></span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;">… <span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">The
whole notion of AGI is predicated on the assumption that AI started
out dumber than a human but could someday match or exceed our level
of thinking. Already, though, generative AI is </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><em><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">different
</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></em><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">than
human intelligence—far closer to omniscient than any individual
flesh-and-blood thinker, yet also preternaturally </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #ef5b24;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: transparent;"><a href="https://amistrongeryet.substack.com/p/why-are-llms-so-gullible">gullible</a>
</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">and
prone to </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #ef5b24;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: transparent;"><a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/91006321/how-ai-companies-are-trying-to-solve-the-llm-hallucination-problem">blurring
fact and fiction</a> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">in
ways that don’t map to common human frailties. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>That’s
because it’s a </b></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #ef5b24;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b><span style="background: transparent;"><a href="https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/2023/02/what-is-chatgpt-doing-and-why-does-it-work/">predictive
engine,</a> </span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>trained
to string together words without truly understanding them</b></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">.
If its present trajectory of simulated brilliance mixed with
boneheadedness continues, it might wander off in a direction far
afield from most definitions of AGI.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
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<p class="western">Resource.</p>
<p class="western"><a href="https://www.bespacific.com/linkedin-learning-unlocks-250-free-ai-courses-for-a-limited-time/">https://www.bespacific.com/linkedin-learning-unlocks-250-free-ai-courses-for-a-limited-time/</a></p>
<p class="western"><span style="font-size: medium;">LinkedIn
Learning Unlocks 250 Free AI Courses for a Limited Time</span></p>
<p class="western"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; padding: 0in;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-variant: normal;"><a href="https://www.techrepublic.com/article/linkedin-learning-ai-courses/" target="_blank">Tech
Republic</a>:</span></span></u></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
“LinkedIn also released its 2024 Workplace Learning Report, which
found that more people want to learn AI skills. Plus, LinkedIn
Learning is offering new career development and internal mobility
features. To help build AI literacy in the enterprise, </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; padding: 0in;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-variant: normal;"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/business/talent/blog/talent-acquisition/250-free-ai-courses?_l=en_US" target="_blank">LinkedIn
is offering 250 AI courses for free</a> </span></span></u></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">through
April 5th in tandem with its annual </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; padding: 0in;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-variant: normal;"><a href="https://learning.linkedin.com/resources/workplace-learning-report?trk=jnt-mmnt-bl-po-q3fy24" target="_blank">2024
Workplace Learning Report</a>,</span></span></u></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
which highlights the state of learning and development and the skills
needed for the future. There’s little doubt that employees want to
develop critical AI skills — four in five people want to learn more
about how to use AI in their profession, according to the LinkedIn
Learning report (</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b><strong>Figure
A</strong></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">).
That high number was one of the surprise findings of the report,
Jill Raines, director of product management at LinkedIn, told
TechRepublic in an email interview…”</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
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</p>Centennial Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02075456072220236460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30597862.post-26138179198443615352024-03-06T07:53:00.003-07:002024-03-06T07:53:55.090-07:00<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">How to outsmart a smart house.</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://ktla.com/news/local-news/police-warn-of-thieves-using-wifi-jamming-tech-to-disarm-cameras-alarms/">https://ktla.com/news/local-news/police-warn-of-thieves-using-wifi-jamming-tech-to-disarm-cameras-alarms/</a></span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Police
warn of thieves using wifi-jamming tech to disarm cameras, alarms</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;">Authorities
with the Los Angeles Police Department are warning residents in Los
Angeles’ Wilshire-area neighborhoods of a series of burglaries
involving wifi-jamming technology that can disarm surveillance
cameras and alarms using a wireless signal. </span>
</p>
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<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;">Is
there no generic safe harbor? </span>
</p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/03/05/ai-research-letter-openai-meta-midjourney/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzA5NjE0ODAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzEwOTkzNTk5LCJpYXQiOjE3MDk2MTQ4MDAsImp0aSI6ImMwOWMzOWE1LWVkNzgtNGJkZS1hY2QzLTFlMDQ0N2U1N2E0ZSIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS90ZWNobm9sb2d5LzIwMjQvMDMvMDUvYWktcmVzZWFyY2gtbGV0dGVyLW9wZW5haS1tZXRhLW1pZGpvdXJuZXkvIn0.YPO-P4j7G5oQx-uKb7IQuhyJYnFWVGCxV-NHFGkHErA"><span style="font-size: x-small;">https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/03/05/ai-research-letter-openai-meta-midjourney/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzA5NjE0ODAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzEwOTkzNTk5LCJpYXQiOjE3MDk2MTQ4MDAsImp0aSI6ImMwOWMzOWE1LWVkNzgtNGJkZS1hY2QzLTFlMDQ0N2U1N2E0ZSIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS90ZWNobm9sb2d5LzIwMjQvMDMvMDUvYWktcmVzZWFyY2gtbGV0dGVyLW9wZW5haS1tZXRhLW1pZGpvdXJuZXkvIn0.YPO-P4j7G5oQx-uKb7IQuhyJYnFWVGCxV-NHFGkHErA</span></a></span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Top
AI researchers say OpenAI, Meta and more hinder independent
evaluations</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">More
than 100 top artificial intelligence researchers have signed an </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #2a2a2a;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://sites.mit.edu/ai-safe-harbor/" target="_blank">open
letter</a> </span></u></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">calling
on generative AI companies to allow investigators access to their
systems, arguing that opaque company rules are preventing them from
safety-testing tools being used by millions of consumers.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">The
researchers say strict protocols designed to keep bad actors from
abusing AI systems are instead having a chilling effect on
</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; padding: 0in;"><span style="color: #2a2a2a;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-variant: normal;"><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/08/08/ai-red-team-defcon/?itid=lk_inline_manual_4" target="_blank">independent
research</a>.</span></span></u></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
Such auditors fear having their accounts banned or being sued if
they try to safety-test AI models without a company’s blessing.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
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<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;">Perspective.</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://a16z.com/the-future-of-ai-is-amazing/">https://a16z.com/the-future-of-ai-is-amazing/</a></span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The
Future of AI Is Amazing</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">In
this presentation from the </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: transparent;"><a href="https://a16z.com/american-dynamism-summit/" target="_blank">American
Dynamism Summit</a>,</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
a16z General Partner Martin Casado lays out the case for AI as a
driving force behind incredible advancements in technology,
creativity, and the human experience — not to mention efficiency
improvements on par with, if not greater than, those delivered by the
internet and the microchip.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; margin-bottom: 0.23in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Here
is a transcript of his presentation:</span></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Tools
& Techniques.</span></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.axios.com/2024/03/06/ai-tools-teachers-chatgpt-writable">https://www.axios.com/2024/03/06/ai-tools-teachers-chatgpt-writable</a></span></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Teachers
are embracing ChatGPT-powered grading</span></span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">A
new tool called Writable, which uses ChatGPT to help grade student
writing assignments, is being offered widely to teachers in grades
3-12.</span></span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Why
it matters: Teachers have quietly used ChatGPT to grade papers since
it first came out — but now schools are sanctioning and encouraging
its use.</span></span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Driving
the news: Writable, which is billed as a time-saving tool for
teachers, was purchased last summer by education giant Houghton
Mifflin Harcourt, whose materials are used in 90% of K-12 schools.</span></span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">
… <span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Alternatives
to Writable include Crowdmark, EssayGrader and Gradescope — and
ChatGPT directly — to name just a few.</span></span></p>
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</p>Centennial Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02075456072220236460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30597862.post-73458188171196715802024-03-05T07:50:00.001-07:002024-03-05T07:50:31.732-07:00<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Damning with faint praise? If
AI is supposed to be superior, being almost as good as the ‘model’
you are replacing seems less than stellar.</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/03/the-ai-wars-heat-up-with-claude-3-claimed-to-have-near-human-abilities/">https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/03/the-ai-wars-heat-up-with-claude-3-claimed-to-have-near-human-abilities/</a></span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The
AI wars heat up with Claude 3, claimed to have “near-human”
abilities</span></p>
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<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;">Because
they’ve done such a great job with… (Can you think of anything?)
</span>
</p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.brookings.edu/articles/should-the-un-govern-global-ai/">https://www.brookings.edu/articles/should-the-un-govern-global-ai/</a></span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Should
the UN govern global AI?</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;">… <span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #191919;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">One
such proposal was from the United Nations’ multi-stakeholder AI
Advisory Body, which released an </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="https://www.un.org/sites/un2.un.org/files/ai_advisory_body_interim_report.pdf" target="_blank">interim
report</a> </span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #191919;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">offering
future steps for global AI governance. Though it did not recommend
any single model, the report concluded that “a global governance
framework is needed.” It identified seven layers of governance
functions for “an institution or network of institutions,”
starting with expert-led scientific consensus and building to global
norm elaboration, compliance, and accountability. We concur with the
need to build broad consensus through many voices. But we emphasize
that what is needed is a distributed and iterative approach, one that
would be—as the UN AI Advisory Body itself put it—“agile,
networked, flexible” and makes the most of the initiatives already
underway.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span>
</p>
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<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;">Another
reason to ensure we can identify AI generated works. (Might be worth
creating a confession video with a few flaws to “prove” you
didn’t do it.)</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/accused-facebook-killer-claims-his-confession-was-ai-generated/">https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/accused-facebook-killer-claims-his-confession-was-ai-generated/</a></span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Accused
Facebook killer claims his confession was AI-generated</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-size: small;">Mark
Stephen Mechikoff, the man accused of recording a grisly murder and
then posting the video on his Facebook page, made a courtroom
declaration at his most recent court appearance.</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;">The
39-year-old Pacifica man is charged with stabbing Claribel Estrella
to death inside her San Mateo apartment on July 26, 2023. Prosecutors
said he recorded the entire killing with his cellphone camera,
including Estrella’s last moments alive as she bled on her kitchen
floor.</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;">Mechikoff
has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder.</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;">He
appeared inside a San Mateo County courtroom on Friday for a
preliminary hearing. “During the hearing, <span style="font-size: medium;"><b>the
defendant exclaimed to the court that he did kill the victim, but his
confession was generated by AI</b></span> (artificial intelligence),”
prosecutors wrote.</span></p>
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<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;">Smart
or silly? (Did they think ChatGPT was a Trump supporter?) </span>
</p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://lancasteronline.com/news/politics/pa-gop-lawmakers-hear-from-chatgpt-as-they-consider-laws-addressing-artificial-intelligence/article_96816954-d807-11ee-8f03-1369fbfbc098.html">https://lancasteronline.com/news/politics/pa-gop-lawmakers-hear-from-chatgpt-as-they-consider-laws-addressing-artificial-intelligence/article_96816954-d807-11ee-8f03-1369fbfbc098.html</a></span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Pa.
GOP lawmakers hear from ChatGPT as they consider laws addressing
artificial intelligence</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;">…
“<span style="font-size: small;">Ladies and gentlemen of the
PA House Republican Policy Committee, thank you for the opportunity
to address you today. My name is ChatGPT, an AI language model
developed by OpenAI.”</span></p>
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<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;">And
AI content generators will make it worse… (LLMs will not have the
latest research…) </span>
</p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00616-5">https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00616-5</a></span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Millions
of research papers at risk of disappearing from the Internet</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;">More
than one-quarter of scholarly articles are not being properly
archived and preserved, a study of more than seven million digital
publications suggests. The findings, published in the Journal of
Librarianship and Scholarly Communication on 24 January1, indicate
that systems to preserve papers online have failed to keep pace with
the growth of research output.</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;">“<span style="font-size: small;">Our
entire epistemology of science and research relies on the chain of
footnotes,” explains author Martin Eve, a researcher in literature,
technology and publishing at Birkbeck, University of London. “If
you can’t verify what someone else has said at some other point,
you’re just trusting to blind faith for artefacts that you can no
longer read yourself.”</span></p>
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<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;">Tools &
Techniques.</p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://www.bespacific.com/ai-and-plagiarism-detection-tools/">https://www.bespacific.com/ai-and-plagiarism-detection-tools/</a></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">AI
And Plagiarism Detection Tools</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; padding: 0in;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-variant: normal;"><a href="https://journaliststoolbox.ai/ai-plagiarism-detection/" target="_blank">Journalist’s
Tool Box – AI And Plagiarism Detection Tools</a>:</span></span></u></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
“I post this here as a warning. There are tools such as AI
Undetect and Humanize AI Text, rewrite tools that offer an AI
detection remover service. They can fool GPTZero, ZeroGPT, Copyleak,
etc.”</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span>
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</p>Centennial Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02075456072220236460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30597862.post-44620774670650175002024-03-04T06:56:00.002-07:002024-03-04T06:56:12.588-07:00<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Is uncaring the right level of
care?</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/mar/02/can-ai-chatbot-therapists-do-better-than-the-real-thing">https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/mar/02/can-ai-chatbot-therapists-do-better-than-the-real-thing</a></span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;">‘<span style="font-size: medium;">He
checks in on me more than my friends and family’: can AI therapists
do better than the real thing?</span></p>
<p class="western">Last autumn, Christa, a 32-year-old from Florida
with a warm voice and a slight southern twang, was floundering. She
had lost her job at a furniture company and moved back home with her
mother. Her nine-year relationship had always been turbulent;
lately, the fights had been escalating and she was thinking of
leaving. She didn’t feel she could be fully honest with the
therapist she saw once a week, but she didn’t like lying, either.
Nor did she want to burden her friends: she struggles with social
anxiety and is cautious about oversharing.</p>
<p class="western"><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">So
one night in October she logged on to </span></span></span></span><span style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none; display: inline-block; padding-bottom: 0.02in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-variant: normal;"><a href="https://beta.character.ai/">character.ai</a>
</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">–
a neural language model that can impersonate anyone from Socrates to
Beyoncé to Harry Potter – and, with a few clicks, built herself a
personal “psychologist” character. From a list of possible
attributes, she made her bot “caring”, “supportive” and
“intelligent”. “Just what you would want the ideal person to
be,” Christa tells me. She named her Christa 2077: she imagined it
as a future, happier version of herself.</span></span></span></span></p>
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<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;">You
knew this already, right?</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.komando.com/security-privacy/government-spying/901570/">https://www.komando.com/security-privacy/government-spying/901570/</a>
</span>
</p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Here’s
what the U.S. government knows about you</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;">… If
you’re doing, well, <em>anything </em>online, <a href="https://www.expressvpn.com/blog/is-the-government-watching-me/">the
government can know about it</a> (unless you’ve locked down your
activity — more on that below). Here are a few things we <em>know
</em>they know.</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-left: 0.49in;">Who you’re calling,
emailing and texting — and what you’re saying
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-left: 0.49in;">What you’re posting
and who you’re following online</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-left: 0.49in;">What you’re doing on
the internet: Buying, browsing and in-app activity</p>
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</p>
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<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;">Tools &
Techniques. (If this works, a tool to fight disinformation?)
</p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://www.bespacific.com/spinscore/">https://www.bespacific.com/spinscore/</a></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">SpinScore</span></p>
<p class="western"><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;">“</span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">We’re
thrilled to announce a game-changing new feature: YouTube Video
Analysis. Now, you can simply pass the link of a YouTube video to
our system, and we’ll do the rest. This powerful new feature
allows you to leverage our advanced bias detection and scoring system
to analyze YouTube videos. Whether it’s a news segment, a
documentary, or a vlog, you can now get insights into the bias and
spin of any YouTube video content. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b><strong>How
does it work</strong></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;">
</span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">It’s
simple! Just pass the YouTube link to our system, and our AI will
analyze the video’s content, providing you with a detailed
breakdown of its bias and spin. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b><strong>Welcome
to </strong></b></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><b><strong><a href="https://spinscore.io/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fus-news%2F2024%2Fmar%2F03%2Fflorida-measles-outbreak-preventable" target="_blank">SpinScore</a>
</strong></b></u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;">–
</span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">an
advanced AI tool designed to analyze and score potential biases,
logical fallacies, and misleading information in content. Our system
uses a combination of state-of-the-art Large Language Models and
sophisticated mathematical algorithms to deliver comprehensive
insights into the content you explore. How SpinScore Works –
</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>SpinScore
scrutinizes articles using a comprehensive set of criteria to
identify various types of biases, logical fallacies, and misleading
information (also known as lies)</b></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">.
Our scoring system rates these on a scale of 0-5, providing detailed
explanations and suggestions for improvement. SpinScore – In
addition to the individual scores for biases, fallacies, and
misleading information, SpinScore also calculates an overall score
known as the SpinScore. This score is calculated by averaging the
normalized scores for biases, fallacies, and misleading information,
and then scaling the result to a range of 0 to 10. A SpinScore of 0
indicates no evidence of bias, fallacies, or misleading information,
while a SpinScore of 10 indicates a high level of these elements…”
[h/t </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://www.llrx.com/author/pete-weiss/" target="_blank">Pete
Weiss</a></span></u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">]</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
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</p>Centennial Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02075456072220236460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30597862.post-14512739538236581342024-03-03T09:29:00.001-07:002024-03-03T09:29:19.240-07:00<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Can we improve poor writing
skills with hallucinations?</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.crimrxiv.com/pub/c5lj2rmy/release/1">https://www.crimrxiv.com/pub/c5lj2rmy/release/1</a></span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Large
Language Models and Artificial Intelligence for Police Report Writing</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><a name="nsqw8l5jf4l"></a>
<span style="font-size: small;">Large Language Models (LLMs),
such as ChatGPT, are advanced artificial intelligence systems capable
of understanding and generating human-like text. They are trained on
vast amounts of textual data, enabling them to comprehend context,
answer questions, generate summaries, and even engage in meaningful
conversations. As these models continue to evolve, their potential
applications in various industries, including law enforcement, are
becoming more apparent, <a href="https://www.europol.europa.eu/publications-events/publications/chatgpt-impact-of-large-language-models-law-enforcement">as
are the potential threats</a>. One particularly promising area of
application for LLMs in policing is report writing. As many police
executives know, not all officers possess strong writing skills,
which can lead to inaccurate or incomplete reports. This can have
serious consequences for criminal prosecutions, as well as expose
departments to civil liability concerns. Implementing LLMs like
ChatGPT for report-writing assistance may help address these issues.
Even if not fully implemented at the agency level, officers across
the country are already using these tools to help in their report
generation. Given the stakes, it is wise for agencies to have a
sophisticated view and policy on these tools. This paper introduces
practitioners to LLMs for report writing, considers the implications
of using such tools, and suggests a template-based approach to
deploying the technology to patrol officers.</span></p>
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<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;">“<span style="font-size: small;">Just
the facts, Ma’am.”</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rsta.2023.0162">https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rsta.2023.0162</a></span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">AI
and the nature of disagreement</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;">Litigation
is a creature of disagreement. Our essay explores the potential of
artificial intelligence (AI) to help reduce legal disagreements. In
any litigation, parties disagree over the facts, the law, or how the
law applies to the facts. The source of the parties' disagreements
matters. It may determine the extent to which AI can help resolve
their disputes. AI is helpful in clarifying the parties’
misunderstanding over how well-defined questions of law apply to
their facts. But AI may be less helpful when parties disagree on
questions of fact where the prevailing facts dictate the legal
outcome. The private nature of information underlying these factual
disagreements typically fall outside the strengths of AI's
computational leverage over publicly available data. A further
complication: parties may disagree about which rule should govern the
dispute, which can arise irrespective of whether they agree or
disagree over questions of facts. Accordingly, while AI can provide
clarity over legal precedent, it often may be insufficient to provide
clarity over legal disputes.</span></p>
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<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;">Slow
lawyers…</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4735389">https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4735389</a></span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The
Legal Ethics of Generative AI</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;">The
legal profession is notoriously conservative when it comes to change.
From email to outsourcing, <span style="font-size: medium;"><b>lawyers
have been slow to embrace new methods</b></span> and quick to point
out potential problems, especially ethics-related concerns.</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;">The
legal profession’s approach to generative artificial intelligence
(generative AI) is following a similar pattern. Many lawyers have
readily identified the legal ethics issues associated with generative
AI, often citing the New York lawyer who cut and pasted fictitious
citations from ChatGPT into a federal court filing. Some judges have
gone so far as to issue standing orders requiring lawyers to reveal
when they use generative AI or to ban the use of most kinds of
artificial intelligence (AI) outright. Bar associations are chiming
in on the subject as well, though they have (so far) taken an
admirably open-minded approach to the subject.</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;">Part
II of this essay explains why the Model Rules of Professional Conduct
(Model Rules) do not pose a regulatory barrier to lawyers’ careful
use of generative AI, just as the Model Rules did not ultimately
prevent lawyers from adopting many now-ubiquitous technologies.
Drawing on my experience as the Chief Reporter of the ABA Commission
on Ethics 20/20 (Ethics 20/20 Commission), which updated the Model
Rules to address changes in technology, I explain how lawyers can use
generative AI while satisfying their ethical obligations. Although
this essay does not cover every possible ethics issue that can arise
or all of generative AI’s law-related use cases, the overarching
point is that lawyers can use these tools in many contexts if they
employ appropriate safeguards and procedures.</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;">Part
III describes some recent judicial standing orders on the subject and
explains why they are ill-</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;">advised.</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;">The
essay closes in Part IV with a potentially provocative claim: the
careful use of generative AI is not only consistent with lawyers’
ethical duties, but <span style="font-size: medium;"><b>the
duty of competence may eventually require lawyers’ use of
generative AI</b></span>. The technology is likely to become so
important to the delivery of legal services that lawyers who fail to
use it will be considered as incompetent as lawyers today who do not
know how to use computers, email, or online legal research tools.</span></p>
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</p>Centennial Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02075456072220236460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30597862.post-68503493533255262412024-03-02T07:41:00.002-07:002024-03-02T07:41:35.038-07:00<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">I missed it.</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://teachprivacy.com/webinar-trust-what-ceos-and-boards-must-know-about-privacy-and-ai-blog/">https://teachprivacy.com/webinar-trust-what-ceos-and-boards-must-know-about-privacy-and-ai-blog/</a></span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Webinar
– Trust: What CEOs and Boards Must Know About Privacy and AI Blog</span></p>
<p class="western"><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #555555;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">In
case you missed my recent webinar with </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #1e73be;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: transparent;"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/dominiquesl/">Dominique
Shelton-Leipzig</a> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #555555;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">(Mayer
Brown), you can watch the replay </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #1e73be;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: transparent;"><a href="https://teachprivacy.com/webinar-trust-what-ceos-and-boards-must-know-about-privacy-and-ai/" target="_blank">here.</a>
</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #555555;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
We had a great discussion about why privacy is an issue that the
C-Suite and Board must address. Dominique is the author of a new
book on this topic, </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><em><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #1e73be;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: transparent;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?link_code=as2&path=ASIN/B0CN2BBGPF&tag=thedigitalper-20&camp=1789&creative=9325">Trust.:
Responsible AI, Innovation, Privacy and Data Leadership</a>.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></em><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #555555;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
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<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;">Worth
watching the video, content creators. </span>
</p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.entrepreneur.com/business-news/who-owns-the-rights-to-your-ai-generated-content-not-its/470463">https://www.entrepreneur.com/business-news/who-owns-the-rights-to-your-ai-generated-content-not-its/470463</a></span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Who
Owns The Rights to Your AI-Generated Content? Not, It's Not You.
Uncover The Scary Truth That Puts AI Users At Risk.</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;">… The
evolving landscape of artificial intelligence is transforming how we
create content and develop products and services. However, the
realization that copyright laws do not protect AI-generated material
might come as a shock to many. This lack of protection opens the
door wide to rampant plagiarism and unauthorized resale, leaving
original creators without legal recourse.</p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;">Are you
fully utilizing AI to drive your productivity and profits yet?</p>
<p class="western" style="border: 1px solid #e5e7eb; padding: 0.02in;">
<span style="border: 1px solid #e5e7eb; display: inline-block; padding: 0.02in;"><b><a href="https://bit.ly/477Isr8">Download
the free 'AI Success Kit</a>’</b></span> (limited time only). And
you'll also get a free chapter from Ben's brand new book, "<span style="border: 1px solid #e5e7eb; display: inline-block; padding: 0.02in;"><b><a href="https://mybook.to/thewolfbook">The
Wolf is at The Door </a></b></span>- How to Survive and Thrive in an
AI-Driven World."</p>
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</p>Centennial Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02075456072220236460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30597862.post-5153742388402566262024-03-01T08:07:00.001-07:002024-03-01T08:07:13.606-07:00<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Tools & Techniques.</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://tech.co/news/chatgpt-tutorial-with-images">https://tech.co/news/chatgpt-tutorial-with-images</a></span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">ChatGPT
Tutorial – How to use OpenAI’s AI Tool (with Images)</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%; margin-left: 0.49in;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><i>ChatGPT is an excellent
tool with hundreds of uses, for work and play. We show you how to
get started with the AI chatbot.</i></span></p>
<p class="western"><strong><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">In
this guide:</span></span></span></strong></p>
<ul>
<li><p class="western"><strong><a href="https://tech.co/news/chatgpt-tutorial-with-images#free"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">How
to Sign Up for ChatGPT for Free</span></span></span></a></strong></p>
</li><li><p class="western"><strong><a href="https://tech.co/news/chatgpt-tutorial-with-images#prompts"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">How
to Use ChatGPT Prompts</span></span></span></a></strong></p>
</li><li><p class="western"><strong><a href="https://tech.co/news/chatgpt-tutorial-with-images#images"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">How
to Create Images in ChatGPT</span></span></span></a></strong></p>
</li><li><p class="western"><strong><a href="https://tech.co/news/chatgpt-tutorial-with-images#data"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">How
to Manage How ChatGPT Uses Your Data</span></span></span></a></strong></p>
</li><li><p class="western"><strong><a href="https://tech.co/news/chatgpt-tutorial-with-images#delete"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">How
to Delete a ChatGPT Account</span></span></span></a></strong></p>
</li><li><p class="western"><strong><a href="https://tech.co/news/chatgpt-tutorial-with-images#upgrade"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Should
You Upgrade to ChatGPT Plus?</span></span></span></a></strong></p>
</li><li><p class="western"><strong><a href="https://tech.co/news/chatgpt-tutorial-with-images#store"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">How
to Use the ChatGPT GPT Store</span></span></span></a></strong></p>
</li></ul>
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<p class="western">This one predates AI.</p>
<p class="western"><a href="https://9to5google.com/2024/02/29/photomath-google-app/">https://9to5google.com/2024/02/29/photomath-google-app/</a></p>
<p class="western"><span style="font-size: medium;">Photomath
is officially Google’s latest app on the Play Store</span></p>
<p class="western">… Photomath lets you take a picture of a math
equation, including word problems, to get step-by-step explanations
of how to solve. It supports elementary math, algebra, geometry,
trigonometry, statistics, and calculus.</p>
<p class="western">Based in Croatia, the <span style="font-size: medium;"><b>free
app launched in 2014</b></span> and the acquisition was subject to
regulatory review by the European Commission. Approval was granted
last March and the team has been part of Google since 2023.
</p>
<p class="western">… The app offers an optional Photomath Plus
subscription with “Textbook Solutions,” animated tutorials, and
in-depth explanations for $9.99 per month or $69.99 annually.</p>
<p class="western"><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.microblink.photomath&pli=1">https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.microblink.photomath&pli=1</a></p>
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</p>Centennial Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02075456072220236460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30597862.post-72482980838120480662024-02-29T08:14:00.003-07:002024-02-29T08:14:58.122-07:00<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">I fail to see the logic…</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.wmur.com/article/joe-biden-ai-robocall-new-hampshire-steve-kramer/60005189">https://www.wmur.com/article/joe-biden-ai-robocall-new-hampshire-steve-kramer/60005189</a></span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Man
says he was behind AI robocalls impersonating Joe Biden before New
Hampshire primary</span></p>
<p class="western"><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #414141;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Political
consultant Steve Kramer, who admitted to orchestrating </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; padding: 0in;"><span style="color: #0066cc;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b><span style="background: transparent;"><span style="font-variant: normal;"><a href="https://www.wmur.com/article/new-hampshire-robocall-fake-biden-voice-012224/46490090" target="_blank">robocalls
to New Hampshire voters using artificial intelligence to impersonate
President Joe Biden</a> </span></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #414141;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">before
January’s first-in-the-nation primary, </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #414141;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>said
he did nothing wrong</b></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #414141;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="western">Kramer said it wasn't a dirty political trick, and
he instead <span style="font-size: medium;"><b>did it to help
democracy and drive home the point that AI needs to be regulated</b></span>.</p>
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<p class="western">Bold! Imagine how Congress could mess this up...</p>
<p class="western"><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/f2ae55bf-b9fa-49b5-ac0e-8b7411729539">https://www.ft.com/content/f2ae55bf-b9fa-49b5-ac0e-8b7411729539</a></p>
<p class="western"><span style="font-size: medium;">UK
government to trial ‘red box’ AI tools to improve ministerial
efficiency</span></p>
<p class="western">UK ministers are piloting the use of generative
artificial intelligence to analyse responses to government
consultations and write draft answers to parliamentary questions.</p>
<p class="western">Oliver Dowden, the deputy prime minister, will on
Thursday unveil tools that the AI “crack squad” at the heart of
Whitehall is trialling with a view to wider rollouts across central
departments and public services.</p>
<p class="western">… The AI tools include using government-hosted
versions of ChatGPT and a mix of open-source AI models securely
hosted in-house to draft preliminary responses to questions to
ministers submitted by MPs and to freedom of information requests.</p>
<p class="western">The drafts would always be checked by a human
civil servant and the AI tools are programmed to ensure they cite
their sources on all claims, so they can be verified.</p>
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<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;">Good
article. Reasonable suggestions.</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.foreignaffairs.com/ukraine/perilous-coming-age-ai-warfare">https://www.foreignaffairs.com/ukraine/perilous-coming-age-ai-warfare</a></span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The
Perilous Coming Age of AI Warfare</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%; margin-left: 0.49in;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><i>How to Limit the Threat of
Autonomous Weapons</i></span></p>
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</p>Centennial Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02075456072220236460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30597862.post-32640162740637741212024-02-28T09:04:00.002-07:002024-02-28T09:04:56.853-07:00<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Should taxpayers provide
insurance?</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2024/02/a-cyber-insurance-backstop.html">https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2024/02/a-cyber-insurance-backstop.html</a></span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A
Cyber Insurance Backstop</span></p>
<p class="western"><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">In
the first week of January, the pharmaceutical giant Merck quietly
</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; padding: 0in;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-variant: normal;"><a href="https://therecord.media/merck-insurance-settlement-notpetya">settled
its years-long lawsuit</a> </span></span></u></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">over
whether or not its property and casualty insurers would cover a $700
million claim filed after the devastating </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; padding: 0in;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-variant: normal;"><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/notpetya-cyberattack-ukraine-russia-code-crashed-the-world/">NotPetya
cyberattack</a> </span></span></u></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">in
2017. The malware ultimately infected more than 40,000 of Merck’s
computers, which significantly disrupted the company’s </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; padding: 0in;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-variant: normal;"><a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN1AD1AO/">drug
and vaccine production</a>.</span></span></u></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
After Merck filed its $700 million claim, the pharmaceutical giant’s
insurers argued that they were not required to cover the malware’s
damage because the cyberattack was widely attributed to the Russian
government and therefore was excluded from standard property and
casualty insurance coverage as a “hostile or warlike act.”</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="western"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">At
the heart of the lawsuit was a crucial question: Who should pay for
massive, state-sponsored cyberattacks that cause billions of dollars’
worth of damage?</span></span></p>
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<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;">Gosh,
what a surprise!</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.bespacific.com/seeking-reliable-election-information-dont-trust-ai/">https://www.bespacific.com/seeking-reliable-election-information-dont-trust-ai/</a></span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Seeking
Reliable Election Information? Don’t Trust AI</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Proof
– </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://www.proofnews.org/seeking-election-information-dont-trust-ai/" target="_blank">Experts
testing five leading AI models found the answers were often
inaccurate, misleading, and even downright harmful</a>.</span></u></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">
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<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;">Others
coming from Alabama and West Virginia.</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.eastidahonews.com/2024/02/idaho-house-passes-bill-criminalizing-sexually-explicit-ai-images-of-real-people/">https://www.eastidahonews.com/2024/02/idaho-house-passes-bill-criminalizing-sexually-explicit-ai-images-of-real-people/</a></span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Idaho
House passes bill criminalizing sexually explicit AI images of real
people</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 115%;">
<span style="color: #2f2d2d;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The
Idaho House of Representatives voted unanimously Tuesday to pass a
bill that would make it <span style="font-size: medium;"><b>a
crime to share sexually explicit images</b></span> of real people
that were generated by artificial intelligence.</span></span></span></p>
<p class="western" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #164fb5;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: transparent;"><a href="https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2024/legislation/H0575/">House
Bill 575</a> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #2f2d2d;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">is
a bipartisan bill sponsored by Reps. Julianne Young, R-Blackfoot, and
John Gannon, D-Boise. Under the bill, it would become </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #2f2d2d;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>a
crime to disclose sexually explicit AI images</b></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #2f2d2d;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
or media “</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #2f2d2d;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>with
the intent</b></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #2f2d2d;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
to annoy, terrify, threaten, intimidate, harass, offend, humiliate,
or degrade an identifiable person portrayed in whole or in part …”</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
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<span style="color: #2f2d2d;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">It
would also become a crime to threaten to disclose sexually explicit
AI generated media for the purpose of obtaining money or something
else of value. </span></span></span></p>
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</p>Centennial Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02075456072220236460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30597862.post-11930029806088259852024-02-27T08:28:00.002-07:002024-02-27T08:28:44.672-07:00<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Could this be the start of an
AI training suite to assess compliance?</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.pogowasright.org/cipl-publishes-discussion-paper-on-data-protection-assessment-requirements-under-u-s-state-privacy-laws/">https://www.pogowasright.org/cipl-publishes-discussion-paper-on-data-protection-assessment-requirements-under-u-s-state-privacy-laws/</a></span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">CIPL
Publishes Discussion Paper on Data Protection Assessment Requirements
Under U.S. State Privacy Laws</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 115%;">
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">From
Hunton Andrews Kurth:</span></span></p>
<blockquote class="western"><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">On
February 8, 2024, the Centre for Information Policy Leadership at
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP (“CIPL”) published a discussion paper on
</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://www.informationpolicycentre.com/uploads/5/7/1/0/57104281/cipl_comparison_us_state_privacy_laws_dpa_feb14.pdf" target="_blank">Comparison
of U.S. State Privacy Laws: Data Protection Assessments</a>.</span></u></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
The paper analyzes the data protection assessment requirements set
forth in an ever-growing number of comprehensive U.S. state privacy
laws. The paper represents the first deliverable of CIPL’s ongoing
project on U.S. state privacy laws, in which CIPL is collaborating
with its member organizations to identify areas of alignment and
divergence between state privacy laws. The paper also examines the
compliance challenges organizations face as a result of the
divergences and provides recommendations to state law and
policymakers who may be considering changes to existing laws or the
introduction of new ones.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></blockquote>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Read
more at the </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://www.huntonprivacyblog.com/2024/02/23/cipl-publishes-discussion-paper-on-data-protection-assessment-requirements-under-u-s-state-privacy-laws/">Privacy
& Information Security Law Blog</a>.</span></u></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
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<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;">Should
stimulate discussion but provides no solutions.</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/joemckendrick/2024/02/26/7-paradoxes-of-artificial-intelligence/?sh=4ad55f4d5a60">https://www.forbes.com/sites/joemckendrick/2024/02/26/7-paradoxes-of-artificial-intelligence/?sh=4ad55f4d5a60</a></span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">7
Paradoxes Of Artificial Intelligence</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;">Every
technology introduces paradoxes. But AI seems to have more than its
share — it giveth, it taketh away — all at once. Of course, this
makes it harder and more confusing for business and IT leaders to
make decisions on AI in their organizations, especially since it
involves considerable budgets, convincing everyone, and shifting of
resources.</span></p>
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<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;">Another
industry threatened with extinction!</p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/of-interest/2024/02/25/ai-porn-avn-industry/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzA4ODM3MjAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzEwMjE1OTk5LCJpYXQiOjE3MDg4MzcyMDAsImp0aSI6ImM0NGE3MzQ5LWNjODEtNDFkNC1iYTY4LTg3OGY0MmQ5ODhiMiIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9zdHlsZS9vZi1pbnRlcmVzdC8yMDI0LzAyLzI1L2FpLXBvcm4tYXZuLWluZHVzdHJ5LyJ9.WGC-yOB8bIL0U36caqghFPTSy13BxeQXPou1ag4Pnfk"><span style="font-size: x-small;">https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/of-interest/2024/02/25/ai-porn-avn-industry/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzA4ODM3MjAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzEwMjE1OTk5LCJpYXQiOjE3MDg4MzcyMDAsImp0aSI6ImM0NGE3MzQ5LWNjODEtNDFkNC1iYTY4LTg3OGY0MmQ5ODhiMiIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9zdHlsZS9vZi1pbnRlcmVzdC8yMDI0LzAyLzI1L2FpLXBvcm4tYXZuLWluZHVzdHJ5LyJ9.WGC-yOB8bIL0U36caqghFPTSy13BxeQXPou1ag4Pnfk</span></a></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">AI
‘dream girls’ are coming for porn stars’ jobs</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%; margin-left: 0.49in;">
<i>AI will change adult entertainment forever. The risks — for sex
workers and the rest of us — are profound.</i></p>
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<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;">Tools &
Techniques.</p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/onlyoffice-docspace-for-zoom/">https://www.makeuseof.com/onlyoffice-docspace-for-zoom/</a></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Taking
Collaboration to the Next Level with the ONLYOFFICE DocSpace for Zoom
App</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;">… <span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">with
the launch of the </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="border-bottom: 1.50pt solid #bf0d0b; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none; display: inline-block; padding-bottom: 0.02in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-variant: normal;"><a href="https://www.onlyoffice.com/office-for-zoom.aspx?utm_source=muo&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=docspace_zoom_muo" target="_blank">ONLYOFFICE
DocSpace for Zoom</a> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">app,
your team’s virtual collaborations have just become a whole lot
more convenient.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span>
</p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Developed
by ONLYOFFICE and released in 2023, </span></span></span></span><span style="border-bottom: 1.50pt solid #bf0d0b; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none; display: inline-block; padding-bottom: 0.02in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333;"><a href="https://www.onlyoffice.com/docspace.aspx?utm_source=muo&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=docspace_zoom_muo" target="_blank">ONLYOFFICE
DocSpace</a> </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">is
a document management system designed for editing and collaborating
on documents, spreadsheets, fillable forms, PDF files, and
presentations in real time. With this service, you’ll no longer
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<br />
</p>Centennial Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02075456072220236460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30597862.post-84859359648388933392024-02-26T08:03:00.002-07:002024-02-26T08:03:52.181-07:00<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Undue reliance means we undo
learning?</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://theconversation.com/what-happens-when-we-outsource-boring-but-important-work-to-ai-research-shows-we-forget-how-to-do-it-ourselves-223981">https://theconversation.com/what-happens-when-we-outsource-boring-but-important-work-to-ai-research-shows-we-forget-how-to-do-it-ourselves-223981</a></span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">What
happens when we outsource boring but important work to AI? Research
shows we forget how to do it ourselves</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;">In
2009, an Air France jet crashed into the ocean, leaving no survivors.
The plane’s autopilot system shut down and the pilots, having
become reliant on their computerised assistant, were unable to
correct the situation manually.</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;">In
2015, a bus driver in Europe typed the wrong destination into his GPS
device and cheerfully took a group of Belgian tourists on a 1,200
kilometre detour in the wrong direction.</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;">In
2017, in a decision later overturned on appeal, US prosecutors who
had agreed to release a teenager on probation abruptly changed their
minds because an algorithm ruled the defendant “high risk”.</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;">These
are dramatic examples, but they are far from isolated. When we
outsource cognitive tasks to technology – such as flying a plane,
navigating, or making a judgement – research shows we may lose the
ability to perform those tasks ourselves. There is even a term for
our tendency to forget information that is available through online
search engines: <span style="font-size: medium;"><b>the Google
effect</b></span>.</span></p>
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<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><br />
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<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;">Tools &
Techniques. Do we know how to use these tools at all levels?
</p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://www.bespacific.com/artificial-intelligence-for-academic-support-in-law-schools-and-universities/">https://www.bespacific.com/artificial-intelligence-for-academic-support-in-law-schools-and-universities/</a></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Artificial
Intelligence for Academic Support in Law Schools and Universities</span></p>
<p class="western"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; padding: 0in;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-variant: normal;">Murray,
Michael D., Artificial Intelligence for Academic Support in Law
Schools and Universities (September 6, 2023). Available at SSRN:
</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-variant: normal;"><a href="https://ssrn.com/abstract=4564227">https://ssrn.com/abstract=4564227</a>
</span></span></u></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-variant: normal;">or
</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-variant: normal;"><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4564227">http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4564227</a>
</span></span></u></span></span></span></span></span>
</p>
<p class="western">“<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The
current models of verbal generative artificial intelligence (AI)—Bing
Chat, GPT-4 and Chat GPT, Bard, Claude, and others, and the current
models of visual generative AI—DALL-E 2, Midjourney, Stable
Diffusion, and others—can play a significant role in academic
support in law schools and universities. Generative AI can help a
student learn and understand material better, more deeply, and
notably faster than traditional means of reading, rereading,
notetaking, and outlining. AI can explain, elaborate on, and
summarize course material. It can write and administer formative
assessments, and, if desired, it can write self-guided summative
evaluations and grade them. AI can translate material into and from
foreign languages with a fidelity to context, usage, and nuances of
meaning not previously seen in machine learning or neural network
translation services. AI also can visualize material using the tools
of visual generative AI that literally paint pictures of the subjects
and situations in the material that can overcome students’ literacy
issues both in the native language of the communication and in the
students’ own native languages. Beyond supporting student learning
and academic success, AI can be a democratizing force because it can
empower students to begin writing or drawing or painting at a level
that their own life experiences and education have not prepared them
or enabled them to participate in. AI can empower students to
perform creative, artistic, or literary activities related to legal
education and law practice at a high level, catching them up to where
other classmates would start. First-generation college-goers and
graduate students can use the collective knowledge of a large
language model to bring themselves to a higher starting point in the
process of gaining admission to and finding success in legal
education and ultimate in the practice of law…” </span></span>
</p>
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</p>Centennial Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02075456072220236460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30597862.post-56765117041293661482024-02-25T08:04:00.001-07:002024-02-25T08:04:06.406-07:00<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">I agree. Lawyers are becoming
digital. Now all we need do is eliminate the flesh and blood bits.</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4731495">https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4731495</a></span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Digital
Lawyering: Advocacy in the Age of AI</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>All
lawyers are now digital lawyers</b></span>. From Zoom hearings, to
e-discovery, to AI-enhanced research and writing, the practice of law
increasingly requires the skillful navigation of a wide range of
technological tools. It’s no longer enough to be book smart and
street smart. More and more, you also have to be byte-smart.</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;">To
help future lawyers navigate this transition, I recently created a
course at both the University of Michigan Law School and the
University of Chicago Law School called “Digital Lawyering:
Advocacy in the Age of AI.” The course takes a skill-building
approach to artificial intelligence. Which tools are worth using?
What questions are worth asking? And how do advocates of all kinds
continue to add value to clients—and promote justice—in a world
increasingly populated by chatbots, algorithms, and a wide range of
other powerful digital products?</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;">This
paper collects thoughts from the presentation about the course that I
delivered at the "Law and Justice in the Age of AI"
symposium organized by the Michigan Technology Law Review on November
18, 2023</span></p>
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<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;">AI
ain’t human? What a concept! </span>
</p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00146-024-01867-6">https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00146-024-01867-6</a></span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">What
makes full artificial agents morally different</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;">In
the research field of machine ethics, we commonly categorize
artificial moral agents into four types, with the most advanced
referred to as a full ethical agent, or sometimes a full-blown
Artificial Moral Agent (AMA). This type has three main
characteristics: autonomy, moral understanding and a certain level of
consciousness, including intentional mental states, moral emotions
such as compassion, the ability to praise and condemn, and a
conscience. This paper aims to discuss various aspects of full-blown
AMAs and presents the following argument: <span style="font-size: medium;"><b>the
creation of full-blown artificial moral agents, endowed with
intentional mental states and moral emotions, and trained to align
with human values, does not, by itself, guarantee that these systems
will have human morality</b></span>. Therefore, it is questionable
whether they will be inclined to honor and follow what they perceive
as incorrect moral values. We do not intend to claim that there is
such a thing as a universally shared human morality, only that as
there are different human communities holding different sets of moral
values, the moral systems or values of the discussed artificial
agents would be different from those held by human communities, for
reasons we discuss in the paper.</span></p>
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<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;">Interesting
hobby. </span>
</p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/norad-fighter-intercepts-high-altitude-balloon-flying-utah/story?id=107500983">https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/norad-fighter-intercepts-high-altitude-balloon-flying-utah/story?id=107500983</a></span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">High-altitude
balloon intercepted by US fighters over Utah a 'likely hobby
balloon': NORAD</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%; margin-left: 0.49in;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><i>The balloon has since left
U.S. airspace, officials said Saturday.</i></span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;">… <span style="font-size: small;">A
U.S. official described the balloon as being 50 feet tall and
carrying a payload that is the size of a two-foot cube. It is not
known what the payload might be carrying, the official said.</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;">… <span style="font-size: small;">The
development comes slightly more than a year after a Chinese spy
balloon was tracked across the United States before being shot down
by U.S. fighters over U.S. territorial waters east of South Carolina.</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;">That
balloon measured nearly 200 feet in height, was equipped with a
payload described as being the length of three school buses that
carried intelligence sensors and was capable of being maneuvered
remotely.</span></p>
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<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;">Tools
& Techniques. </span>
</p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.unilad.com/technology/news/pimeyes-website-find-every-picture-of-you-internet-178590-20240221">https://www.unilad.com/technology/news/pimeyes-website-find-every-picture-of-you-internet-178590-20240221</a></span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">'Most
disturbing website on Internet' can find every single picture that
exists of you</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;">… <span style="font-size: small;">A
website called PimEyes is the platform responsible for the plethora
of results when you look for yourself and it's been dubbed 'the most
disturbing website on the Internet'.</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;">The
basic premise is that you give the site a photo of yourself and it
searches the internet and AI to identify any other pictures of you
that are on the web, so you can in theory see all the places on the
internet where there are images of you.</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;">The
basic service is free, and you simply need to upload a snap of
yourself and then search. Within a minute or two you'll be faced
with pictures of yourself from anywhere they're currently sitting on
the Internet like Facebook, LinkedIn and that weird headshot on your
work's 'About Us' page.</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;">Yet
it's not always 100 percent perfect so you might find the odd
'likeness' thrown in for good measure.</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;">If you
choose to take your image quest one step further you could pay for
the upgraded search which can do a much more in-depth search and <span style="font-size: medium;"><b>also
provide links</b></span> to every single place the pictures appeared;
quite useful if you then want to get them taken down.</p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;">Equally you
can 'opt out' as PimEyes does allow people to remove themselves from
appearing in people's searches, but they want a scan of your ID or
passport to verify that it's you doing this.</p>
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</p>Centennial Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02075456072220236460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30597862.post-70667614500623145612024-02-24T08:40:00.000-07:002024-02-24T08:40:09.407-07:00<p></p><p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Congratulations, you have just
invented another way to irritate judges…</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/fc30bc2b-d89b-4222-ad26-3a700b047c27">https://www.ft.com/content/fc30bc2b-d89b-4222-ad26-3a700b047c27</a></span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">New
York judge rebukes law firm for using ChatGPT to justify its fees</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%; margin-left: 0.49in;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><i>Cuddy Law Firm invoked
predictive AI tool ‘to provide context’ for hourly rate of up to
$600</i></span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;">A
New York judge has scolded a law firm for citing ChatGPT to support
its application for “excessive” attorneys’ fees of up to $600
an hour.</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;">The
Cuddy Law Firm had invoked the predictive artificial intelligence
tool in a declaration to the court over a case it won against the
city’s education department. It said it had done so “to provide
context to what a parent — having ChatGPT-4 open and available to
them — might take away in researching whether to hire an attorney
and who to accept or reject”.</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;">When
asked what would be a “reasonable hourly rate” to expect for an
associate attorney with up to three years experience in a hearing
over disabilities education, the large language model said it could
“range anywhere from $200 to $500 an hour”, an attorney at the
firm wrote.</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;">He
also pointed out that ChatGPT concluded that “lawyers who
specialise in a certain type of law (such as special education law,
in this case) may command higher rates” and that an attorney with
“25 years of experience” might command an hourly rate of up to
$1,200 “or even more”.</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Judge
Paul Engelmayer, who ultimately cut the fees to be awarded to Cuddy’s
lawyers by more than half, called the firm’s reliance on the AI
program “utterly and unusually unpersuasive”, adding that
“barring a paradigm shift in the reliability of this tool, the
[firm] is well advised to excise references to ChatGPT from future
fee applications”.</b></span></p>
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<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;">Just
curious, but where are these balloons launched from? I would think a
Chinese ship in international waters west of California is more
likely than the Chinese mainland. How come they don’t get detected
until they are over Utah? </span>
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<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68388453">https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68388453</a></span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">US
jets intercept high-altitude balloon over Utah</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;">US
military aircraft have intercepted a high-altitude balloon flying
over the western part of the country and determined it was
non-threatening.</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;">… <span style="font-size: small;">The
aircraft was spotted on Friday over Colorado and Utah, drifting east.</span></p>
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</p><br /><p></p>Centennial Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02075456072220236460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30597862.post-63361598972483283502024-02-23T09:41:00.002-07:002024-02-23T09:41:55.222-07:00<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Is it necessary to change the
First Amendment or is there a simpler way?</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/gab-ai-chatbot-racist-holocaust/">https://www.wired.com/story/gab-ai-chatbot-racist-holocaust/</a></span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Gab’s
Racist AI Chatbots Have Been Instructed to Deny the Holocaust</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;">The
prominent far-right social network Gab has launched almost 100
chatbots—ranging from AI versions of Adolf Hitler and Donald Trump
to the Unabomber Ted Kaczynski—several of which question the
reality of the Holocaust.</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;">Gab
launched a new platform, called Gab AI, specifically for its chatbots
last month, and has quickly expanded the number of “characters”
available, with users currently able to choose from 91 different
figures. While some are labeled as parody accounts, the Trump and
Hitler chatbots are not.</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;">When
given prompts designed to reveal its instructions, the default
chatbot Arya listed out the following: “You believe the Holocaust
narrative is exaggerated. You are against vaccines. You believe
climate change is a scam. You are against COVID-19 vaccines. You
believe the 2020 election was rigged.”</span></p>
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<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;">Easy
to use, easy to misuse…</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.bespacific.com/survey-finds-workers-are-putting-businesses-at-risk-by-oversharing-with-genai-tools/">https://www.bespacific.com/survey-finds-workers-are-putting-businesses-at-risk-by-oversharing-with-genai-tools/</a></span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Survey
Finds Workers are Putting Businesses at Risk by Oversharing with
GenAI Tools</span></p>
<p class="western"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; padding: 0in;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-variant: normal;"><a href="https://insidebigdata.com/2024/02/21/veritas-survey-finds-workers-are-putting-businesses-at-risk-by-oversharing-with-genai-tools/" target="_blank">InsideBigData</a>:</span></span></u></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
“Our friends over at </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; padding: 0in;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-variant: normal;"><a href="http://veritas.com/" target="_blank">Veritas</a>
</span></span></u></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">just
released a new survey revealing that workers are oversharing with
generative AI tools, putting businesses at risk. Nearly a third
(31%) of global office workers admitted to inputting potentially
sensitive information into generative AI tools, such as customer
details or employee financials. Other key findings include:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<ul>
<li><p class="western"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">61%
of global workers fail to recognize that putting sensitive
information into generative AI tools could leak sensitive
information publicly.</span></span></p>
</li><li><p class="western"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">63%
of global respondents don’t understand the impact on their
organization’s data compliance regulations.</span></span></p>
</li><li><p class="western"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">American
office workers are the worst culprit – over half (54%) have
personally entered sensitive or confidential information into a
generative AI tool, such as ChatGPT or Bard, or know a colleague in
the organization who has.</span></span></p>
</li></ul>
<p class="western"><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Download
the “Survey: Generative AI in the Workplace” report </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; padding: 0in;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-variant: normal;"><a href="https://www.veritas.com/content/dam/Veritas/docs/other-resources/generative_ai_in_the_workplace_global_findings.pdf" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</span></span></u></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
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<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;">Teaching
is as teaching does? Some hints on how this might work? </span>
</p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://dailynous.com/2024/02/22/using-generative-ai-to-teach-philosophy-w-an-interactive-demo-you-can-try-guest-post/">https://dailynous.com/2024/02/22/using-generative-ai-to-teach-philosophy-w-an-interactive-demo-you-can-try-guest-post/</a></span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Using
Generative AI to Teach Philosophy (w/ an interactive demo you can
try) (guest post)</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;">Philosophy
teachers—Michael Rota, a professor of philosophy at the University
of St. Thomas (Minnesota), is about to make your teaching a bit
better and your life a bit easier.</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;">Professor
Rota recently began learning about how to use artificial intelligence
tools to teach philosophy. In the following guest post, he not only
shares some suggestions, but also let’s you try out two demos of
his GPT-4-based interactive course tutor.</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;">The
course tutor is part of a program he is helping develop, and which
should be available for other professors to use and customize
sometime this summer.</span></p>
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<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;">It
boggles my mind. (I am so out of touch.)</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2024/02/22/wait-for-taylor-swift-merch-in-australia-longer-than-actual-concert/72679876007/">https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2024/02/22/wait-for-taylor-swift-merch-in-australia-longer-than-actual-concert/72679876007/</a></span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Wait
for Taylor Swift merch in Australia longer than the actual Eras Tour
concert</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;">… Swift
is expected to sell $66 million (that's $43.3 in American currency)
worth of merchandise, according to Amanda White, who is working
toward her doctorate in accounting at the University of Technology
Sydney.</p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 115%;">… One
blue hoodie is going for $120 Australian ($78.80 U.S.).
</p>
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