BlogFlockUniversity of Virginia: New Public Database Brings Transparency to AI Tools Used in Hiring. “On November 6, the Talent Acquisition and Recruiting AI (TARAI) Index—a first-of-its-kind, public, interactive database—will officially launch, offering unprecedented transparency about AI tools that are used across the hiring process….The TARAI Index maps more than…
Reuters: Anthropic bolsters AI model Claude’s coding, agentic abilities with Opus 4.5. “Artificial intelligence startup Anthropic (ANTH.PVT) unveiled an upgraded Opus model on Monday, boosting Claude’s ability to write detailed code, create sophisticated agents and streamline enterprise workflows through spreadsheet and financial analysis.”
The post Reuters: Anthropic bolsters AI…The Atlantic: Elon Musk’s Worthless, Poisoned Hall of Mirrors. This link goes to a gift article. “Almost immediately, ‘About This Account’ stated that many prominent and prolific pro-MAGA accounts, which signaled that they were run by ‘patriotic’ Americans, were based in countries such as Nigeria, Russia, India, and Thailand.”
Igor’s Lab: Thermal paste database version 3.0 – More accurate and practical data, a technology upgrade and well over 100 tested pastes. “After testing well over 100 thermal pastes, today we have a real upgrade! In today’s presentation of the new database version 3.0, I will explain why the…
In Business Madison: WisEye to end event coverage Dec. 15, shut down video archive. “WisconsinEye Public Affairs Network, a nonprofit organization that broadcasts state capitol events, announced it will end event coverage and take its video archive of over 30,000 hours offline on Dec. 15 due to a lack…
Terence Eden: Now witness the power of this fully operational Fediverse!. “Until fairly recently, the Mastodon social network didn’t send referer details. I thought that reduced the visibility of the network and lobbied for it to change. As various Mastodon servers upgrade, and admins opt-in, it is becoming more…
404 Media: A Researcher Made an AI That Completely Breaks the Online Surveys Scientists Rely On. “Online survey research, a fundamental method for data collection in many scientific studies, is facing an existential threat because of large language models, according to new research published in the Proceedings of the…
MakeUseOf: I turned my old iPod Touch into a dash cam with one free app. ” Dash cams run anywhere from $100–$300, and that’s before you factor in monthly cloud storage fees. … Then I remembered my old iPod Touch 7th generation sitting in a drawer. I could have…
BBC: Mum of two left penniless by Tinder scammer. “A mother of two says she was left penniless after giving her savings to Tinder predator Christopher Harkins in a fake investment scam.”
The post BBC: Mum of two left penniless by Tinder scammer first appeared on ResearchBuzz: Firehose.University of North Carolina: AI jury finds teen not guilty . “In a striking legal experiment, three artificial intelligence systems unanimously acquitted a Black teenager of robbery charges. In the real case from North Carolina that the mock trial was based on, the judge found the defendant guilty.”
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