Month August 2023
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Users of the archiving utility WinRAR are being advised to update their software as soon as possible following the discovery of a serious Remote Code Execution vulnerability. Tracked as CVE-2023-40477, the security flaw was discovered back in June and it… Continue Reading →
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Daniel W. Linna Jr.; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in 2Civility, August 18, 2023 Link to original post https://www.2civility.org/where-two-illinois-law-school-professors-stand-on-ai-in-their-classrooms/ from Teknoids NewsRead the original story
Today’s links “Open” “AI” isn’t: Not “open,” nor “artificial,” and certainly not “intelligent.” Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2008, 2018 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading “Open” “AI” isn’t (permalink)… Continue Reading →
Under a new law, schools in Iowa have to remove titles with specific sexual content from libraries. Asking an AI chatbot proved to be the easiest way. It flagged The Handmaid’s Tale and Beloved. Link to original post https://www.wired.com/story/chatgpt-ban-books-iowa-schools-sf-496/ from… Continue Reading →
If there was any hope remaining that LK-99 might be a room-temperature superconductor, it’s pretty much dead now. In fact, it’s worse than that. Pure samples of the substance show that it is an insulator — the opposite of a… Continue Reading →
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It has been the legal story of the summer. In June, Thomson Reuters announced that it had signed an agreement to acquire the legal research and AI company Casetext for a jaw-dropping $650 million. The deal, it said at the… Continue Reading →