annkspencer
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sometimes all it takes is a single moment to change everything.
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sometimes all it takes is a single moment to change everything.
oreilly media data editor 2012-2014.
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ds/ml content: https://tinyurl.com/aksmlblogcontent
x: https://x.com/annkspencer
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The number of fundraisers started to help cover essential expenses such as rent, utilities and groceries jumped 20%, according to GoFundMe’s 2025 review, after already quadrupling last year. https://to.pbs.org/4pmRjze
More people crowdfunded for basic needs like food and housing in 2025, GoFundMe reports
GoFundMe CEO Tim Cadogan says people around the world are struggling with the rising cost of living, but he adds that "people do step up and support folks in those situations."
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December 10, 2025 at 1:34 AM
The number of fundraisers started to help cover essential expenses such as rent, utilities and groceries jumped 20%, according to GoFundMe’s 2025 review, after already quadrupling last year. https://to.pbs.org/4pmRjze
fascinating paper "Grading Machines: Can AI Exam-Grading Replace Law Professors?" papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
December 9, 2025 at 8:40 PM
fascinating paper "Grading Machines: Can AI Exam-Grading Replace Law Professors?" papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
"If software providers hinder the flow of accurate pricing information in rental listings, those providers may be depriving consumers of the ability to make informed purchasing decisions"
www.ftc.gov/news-events/...
www.ftc.gov/news-events/...
FTC Sends Warning Letters to 13 Property Management Software Providers Nationwide
The Federal Trade Commission sent
www.ftc.gov
December 9, 2025 at 8:21 PM
"If software providers hinder the flow of accurate pricing information in rental listings, those providers may be depriving consumers of the ability to make informed purchasing decisions"
www.ftc.gov/news-events/...
www.ftc.gov/news-events/...
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December 9, 2025 at 7:55 PM
"Grocery shoppers using Instacart may not just be paying for convenience. A new investigation says many are also paying different prices for the same items."
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Instacart uses AI price tests that may raise costs for some shoppers, report finds
A new investigation found that Instacart’s AI-driven pricing experiments can display different prices for the same groceries.
www.sfchronicle.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:43 PM
"Grocery shoppers using Instacart may not just be paying for convenience. A new investigation says many are also paying different prices for the same items."
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I'm looking to speak with people who receive their health care through the ACA marketplace and are worried about their premiums rising next year, for a story for @theintercept.com please email me at [email protected]
December 9, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I'm looking to speak with people who receive their health care through the ACA marketplace and are worried about their premiums rising next year, for a story for @theintercept.com please email me at [email protected]
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Come work with me! Salary range $85,000-$100,000. Benefits include a union, fairly low insurance premiums and so many cat photos. job-boards.greenhouse.io/propublica/j...
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December 9, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Come work with me! Salary range $85,000-$100,000. Benefits include a union, fairly low insurance premiums and so many cat photos. job-boards.greenhouse.io/propublica/j...
hmmmmm. that would be a "no".
December 9, 2025 at 7:07 AM
hmmmmm. that would be a "no".
interesting to see various quotes in mass media about model interpretability. blast from the past, been considering, writing. & amplifying research about interpretability for some time.
domino.ai/blog/make-ma...
domino.ai/blog/make-ma...
Make Machine Learning Interpretability More Rigorous
Proposed definition of ML interpretability, why interpretability matters, and the arguments for considering a rigorous evaluation of interpretability.
domino.ai
December 9, 2025 at 7:02 AM
interesting to see various quotes in mass media about model interpretability. blast from the past, been considering, writing. & amplifying research about interpretability for some time.
domino.ai/blog/make-ma...
domino.ai/blog/make-ma...
"Printer tracking dots... a machine identification code (MIC), is a digital watermark which many color laser printers and photocopiers produce on every printed page that identifies the specific device that was used to print the document."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printer...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printer...
Printer tracking dots - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
December 9, 2025 at 3:58 AM
"Printer tracking dots... a machine identification code (MIC), is a digital watermark which many color laser printers and photocopiers produce on every printed page that identifies the specific device that was used to print the document."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printer...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printer...
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Apps like OpenAI’s Sora are fooling millions of users into thinking A.I. videos are real, even when they include warning labels.
A.I. Videos Have Flooded Social Media. No One Was Ready.
Apps like OpenAI’s Sora are fooling millions of users into thinking A.I. videos are real, even when they include warning labels.
nyti.ms
December 9, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Apps like OpenAI’s Sora are fooling millions of users into thinking A.I. videos are real, even when they include warning labels.
prior to the popularity of llms, i used the word "delve", now i avoid it. also, when having to do the "core grammar" software/tests for a legal research & writing class, legal writing seems to use em dashes quite a bit. there is a ref in article that harris & biden uses em dashes, both are lawyers.
A look at various quirks in AI-generated prose, mainly influenced by "overfitting" in AI models, as humans increasingly mimic AI language in writing and speech (Sam Kriss/New York Times)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
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December 6, 2025 at 8:33 AM
prior to the popularity of llms, i used the word "delve", now i avoid it. also, when having to do the "core grammar" software/tests for a legal research & writing class, legal writing seems to use em dashes quite a bit. there is a ref in article that harris & biden uses em dashes, both are lawyers.
always appreciate how transparent pete is. his candid insights help move founders/people and the domain forward. petewarden.com/2025/12/05/h...
How I Screwed Up Sales Hiring
I founded Moonshine back in 2022, together with Manjunath, another engineer and researcher. My entire career up until that point had been working on consumer products, so I felt very comfortable wi…
petewarden.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:36 PM
always appreciate how transparent pete is. his candid insights help move founders/people and the domain forward. petewarden.com/2025/12/05/h...
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"The New York Times on Friday sued San Francisco–based AI startup Perplexity, accusing the fast-growing search company of illegally copying and repackaging its journalism."
www.sfchronicle.com/tech/article...
"The New York Times on Friday sued San Francisco–based AI startup Perplexity, accusing the fast-growing search company of illegally copying and repackaging its journalism."
www.sfchronicle.com/tech/article...
A fast-growing San Francisco AI startup is now in a major copyright fight
The complaint accuses Perplexity of reproducing articles nearly verbatim and attributing fabricated AI-generated information to the newspaper.
www.sfchronicle.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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"The New York Times on Friday sued San Francisco–based AI startup Perplexity, accusing the fast-growing search company of illegally copying and repackaging its journalism."
www.sfchronicle.com/tech/article...
"The New York Times on Friday sued San Francisco–based AI startup Perplexity, accusing the fast-growing search company of illegally copying and repackaging its journalism."
www.sfchronicle.com/tech/article...
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Today the @towcenter.bsky.social is releasing a tracker (built by my talented colleague @aisvarya17.bsky.social) that monitors developments between news publishers and AI companies—including lawsuits, deals, and grants—based on publicly available information. tow.cjr.org/ai-deals-law...
AI Deals and Lawsuits | Platforms and Publishers
A tracker monitoring developments between news publishers and AI companies—including lawsuits, deals, and grants—based on publicly available information.
tow.cjr.org
December 4, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Today the @towcenter.bsky.social is releasing a tracker (built by my talented colleague @aisvarya17.bsky.social) that monitors developments between news publishers and AI companies—including lawsuits, deals, and grants—based on publicly available information. tow.cjr.org/ai-deals-law...
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Last week, two more lawsuits were filed by news publishers against OpenAI and Microsoft, adding to a long string of copyright cases against AI companies. I wrote about it for @columjournreview.bsky.social (via @towcenter.bsky.social) www.cjr.org/analysis/law...
Lawsuit or license? A new tool to keep track of disputes and deals between publishers and AI companies.
Announcing a new tool to keep track of disputes and deals between news publishers and AI companies.
www.cjr.org
December 4, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Last week, two more lawsuits were filed by news publishers against OpenAI and Microsoft, adding to a long string of copyright cases against AI companies. I wrote about it for @columjournreview.bsky.social (via @towcenter.bsky.social) www.cjr.org/analysis/law...
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The newspaper is alleging copyright infringement and calling out Perplexity's Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) as a culprit.
Chicago Tribune sues Perplexity | TechCrunch
The newspaper is alleging copyright infringement and calling out Perplexity's Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) as a culprit.
techcrunch.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:18 AM
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this is why one needs to be very aware of the llm output. today is december 4, 2025. imagine doing research that is dependent upon timelines and specific time periods. typical attributes in a query when pulling/extracting data.
December 4, 2025 at 9:26 PM
this is why one needs to be very aware of the llm output. today is december 4, 2025. imagine doing research that is dependent upon timelines and specific time periods. typical attributes in a query when pulling/extracting data.
interesting, potential io product from openai mentioned. in the reporting on openai trying to pause an injunction on a name. link: www.law360.com/technology/a...
December 4, 2025 at 7:51 PM
interesting, potential io product from openai mentioned. in the reporting on openai trying to pause an injunction on a name. link: www.law360.com/technology/a...
"A three-judge panel at the Second Appellate District wrote .. that attorney Fahim Farivar of Farivar Law Firm 'committed sanctionable conduct' by including fabricated citations in a client's appeals brief."
www.law360.com/technology/a...
www.law360.com/technology/a...
LA Atty Accused Of Using AI 'Hallucinations' Sanctioned - Law360
A California state appeals court has ordered an attorney accused of including artificial intelligence "hallucinations" in a client's opening brief to pay $7,500 to the court, saying in a published opi...
www.law360.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:47 PM
"A three-judge panel at the Second Appellate District wrote .. that attorney Fahim Farivar of Farivar Law Firm 'committed sanctionable conduct' by including fabricated citations in a client's appeals brief."
www.law360.com/technology/a...
www.law360.com/technology/a...
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🚨 JOURNALISM JOB ALERT 🚨
Our @propublica.org video team is expanding and hiring for two new roles!
First up, there's a senior producer job focusing on YouTube.
Details (including salary range) and application here:
Our @propublica.org video team is expanding and hiring for two new roles!
First up, there's a senior producer job focusing on YouTube.
Details (including salary range) and application here:
YouTube Senior Producer
New York City, United States
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December 4, 2025 at 5:40 PM
🚨 JOURNALISM JOB ALERT 🚨
Our @propublica.org video team is expanding and hiring for two new roles!
First up, there's a senior producer job focusing on YouTube.
Details (including salary range) and application here:
Our @propublica.org video team is expanding and hiring for two new roles!
First up, there's a senior producer job focusing on YouTube.
Details (including salary range) and application here:
this is hilarious.
also, am now seeing certain posts as sus
also, am now seeing certain posts as sus
December 4, 2025 at 8:38 AM
this is hilarious.
also, am now seeing certain posts as sus
also, am now seeing certain posts as sus
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OpenAI is testing training LLMs to produce "confessions", or self-report how they carried out a task and own up to bad behavior, like appearing to lie or cheat (Will Douglas Heaven/MIT Technology Review)
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December 4, 2025 at 4:45 AM
OpenAI is testing training LLMs to produce "confessions", or self-report how they carried out a task and own up to bad behavior, like appearing to lie or cheat (Will Douglas Heaven/MIT Technology Review)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
as i study for finals for the asynch law school classes, criminal/burglary is on one of the finals. various books recommend analyzing based on real life scenarios. this, unfortunately, is one of them.
burglary w/special circumstances (murder).
gift link: www.sfchronicle.com/crime/articl...
burglary w/special circumstances (murder).
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S.F. woman was strangled to death in Ingleside break-in, prosecutors say
Cassidy Wyatt Allen pleaded not guilty to murder and burglary in connection with the killing of Jessica Sanchez Landaverde in her home in San Francisco’s Ingleside neighborhood.
www.sfchronicle.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:24 AM
as i study for finals for the asynch law school classes, criminal/burglary is on one of the finals. various books recommend analyzing based on real life scenarios. this, unfortunately, is one of them.
burglary w/special circumstances (murder).
gift link: www.sfchronicle.com/crime/articl...
burglary w/special circumstances (murder).
gift link: www.sfchronicle.com/crime/articl...