After 2 years of having this Mac, I discovered today (from a Mac-owning colleague) that the top right button is for fingerprint ID. I could have been logging in with my thumb this WHOLE TIME!
So…the “Slack will now train AI using your data” thing is not as much of a five alarm fire as I’d first assumed:
“We do not develop LLMs or other generative models using customer data.” ← GOOD.
“Data will not leak across workspaces.” ← Or so they say. They •are• training across workspaces, but sounds like recommender systems and not generative models, so…we’ll see. Seems fraught. Still, that public commitment does mean something — legal exposure, at least.
The bad news: platform owners don’t have a vision and are out of ideas for how to innovate their #ecosystems, all in the name of #efficiency.
To paraphrase Jeff Goldblum’s character from Jurassic Park: The most brilliant minds of #engineering are optimized to execute and have not bothered to consider whether they should.
The good news: “real” #innovation will happen from the experienced middle, not the top.
#NYT 📆 June 17, 2023 Estimated to be worth about $460 billion 💰, #SpaceBusinesses sometimes operate in legal black holes 🕳️
• In #theory, #space belongs to #everyone
• That perspective is about to collide with #reality
• #SpaceDebris 🗑️ : Since nobody owns space, it isn’t always clear whose #responsibility it is to clean it up
• The #US 🇺🇸 government has #deliberately left some holes
• Business leaders caution against creating so much regulation 👨⚖️ that it pushes #innovation#offshore while recognizing that we need rules
file_path <- "data.csv"
if (file.exists(file_path)) {
print("The file exists!")
} else {
print("The file does not exist.")
}
In this example, we check if the file named "data.csv" exists. Depending on the outcome, it will print either "The file exists!" or "The file does not exist."
My friend and former office mate being brilliant, as usual:
“How can we ensure that innovations in transportation enhance the quality of life for all...rather than favoring those who need the least help?” -Yingling Fan
Patentanmeldungen: Deutschland fällt in Digitaltechnologie zurück
In der Digitaltechnologie dominieren seit Jahrzehnten US-Erfindungen, China schließt auf, der deutsche Rückstand wird größer, zeigt eine DPMA-Auswertung.
Attacco agli ATM riuscito! Un Tasso del 99% di Efficacia Spaventa tutte le Banche Europee
Nello spazio #digitale si sta diffondendo attivamente un nuovo tipo di #malware#ATM. Il suo tasso di successo, secondo i suoi autori, raggiunge il 99%.
Questo #software dannoso, chiamato “EU ATM Malware”, è in grado di #hackerare quasi tutti gli sportelli #bancomat in #Europa e circa il 60% degli sportelli bancomat in tutto il mondo, il che rappresenta una #minaccia significativa per la sicurezza bancaria globale..
The EU's common market is based on four freedoms: free movement of goods, services, labour and capital. We're still lacking the free movement of knowledge.
The next mandate should bring some news on the “Fifth Freedom”.
In this regard, this webinar by Knowledge Rights 21:
«Scientific Innovation and Growth—What should the EU do in its 2024-29 mandate to support research?»
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🔥 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗜 𝗯𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 @royalsociety
🔎 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘦𝘺 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴
⏹️ How are AI-driven technologies transforming the methods and nature of scientific research?
⏹️ What are the opportunities, limitations, and risks of these technologies for scientific research?
⏹️ How can stakeholders best support the development, adoption, and uses of AI-driven technologies in scientific research?
💡 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴
⏹️To avoid knowledge siloes, actions need to go beyond facilitating access (to computing resources, high quality datasets, AI tools and relevant expertise), and focus on enhancing capabilities to collaborate, co-design and use AI across different scientific fields and research environment.
⏹️ Open science principles and practices offer a clear pathway to improve challenging elements in AI-based scientific projects such as transparency, reproducibility, and public scrutiny.
⏹️ Ethical and safety considerations need to be centred in AI’s design and implementation. Addressing these challenges requires interdisciplinary collaboration and building scientists’ capacity to anticipate risk and provide oversight that minimises potential harms.
📺 𝘈 𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘳: Hear more from the Chair of the report’s working group and Vice President of the Royal Society Professor Alison Noble CBE FREng FRS https://youtu.be/o7Y9Jhz0WYA
"New portable solar power plants make it easier than ever to go off-grid. An entire plant of solar panels can be folded into a single shipping container.The power plant is easily deployed – and folded up again when it needs to move on."
Wednesday 5th June, 9 am CEST, is the new deadline to apply for the role of GÉANT Chief Executive Officer (#CEO).
The CEO will be based in Amsterdam and will be entrusted with the dual responsibilities of overseeing GÉANT’s day-to-day operations and guiding the long-term strategic direction of the organisation.