Kirbstr
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Kirbstr
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Hi. I wrote an essay about AI slop: How it feels like an invasive species for the internet. How its boosters describe building a future that’s devoid of craft. How frictionlessness can be nihilistic & how this stuff seems to leach part of our shared humanity out of the world. I hope you'll read it.
AI’s Invasive Species
The slop is winning.
www.theatlantic.com
Oh, I agree. Just watching some of the other companies recognizing value in that niche.
Seeing Experian ads getting into RocketMoney's business
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feels like we're living through some kind of cultural gas leak
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OpenAI has announced it is introducing new safety measures for ChatGPT after lawsuits accusing it of playing a role in several teen suicide cases.

ChatGPT will now attempt to guess a user’s age, and might require users to share an ID.

🔗 www.404media.co/chatgpt-will...
ChatGPT Will Guess Your Age and Might Require ID for Age Verification
OpenAI introduces new age prediction and verification methods after wave of teen suicide stories involving chatbots.
www.404media.co
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Looked at my data collections for state-backed activity. If the report were a picture:
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We are proud to announce the launch of Evident — a nonprofit news organization producing documentary journalism for the public good — here on Bluesky.

Evident is building a new kind of newsroom powered by a team of journalists that is covering crucial stories for public good.
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Following our earlier investigation into the effectiveness of LLMs for geolocation, we've tested some of the latest LLM updates to see if they're even better.
www.bellingcat.com/resources/20...
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List of academic databases and search engines

A list of dozens of the largest online tools for finding scholarly articles in a wide variety of disciplines.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...

#research #science
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Join us for our upcoming #OSINT classes! In July-a virtual session on social media updates. A comprehensive virtual OSINT course in September. For in-person learning, September in Las Vegas, or October in Texas. Don’t miss out on the chance to enhance your investigative skills!

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Plessas Experts Network - Online Learning Portal
Plessas Experts Network's Open Source and Social Media training community for investigators, researchers and security professionals. Search and monitor social media through simple tools and innovative...
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