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Report: “Google Researchers Say AI Now Leading Disinformation Vector (and Are Severely Undercounting the Problem)”
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|From a 404 Media Report by Emanuel Maiberg: As an endless stream of entirely wrong and sometimes dangerous AI-generated answers from Google are going viral on social media, new research from Google researchers and several fact checking organizations have found that most image-based disinformation is now AI-generated, but the way researchers collected their data suggests that the […]
Note (May 24, 2024): We’ve added a statement from Thomson Reuters to the bottom of this report. From Stanford University Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence: Large language models have a documented tendency to “hallucinate,” or make up false information. In one highly-publicized case, a New York lawyer faced sanctions for citing ChatGPT-invented fictional cases in a legal brief; many similar […]
Dr. Kenvi Phillips Appointed Director of the Barack Obama Presidential Library
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|From the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA): Archivist of the United States Dr. Colleen Shogan announced today that Dr. Kenvi Phillips will serve as the inaugural Director of the Barack Obama Presidential Library, effective June 16, 2024. Dr. Phillips will lead the planning and administration of all Library programs and activities. “I am excited […]
The journal article (preprint version) linked below is scheduled for publication in the July 2024 issue of College & Research Libraries (C&RL). Title An Analysis of Hybrid/Remote Work Eligibility in Academic Librarian Job Advertisements Authors Ruth S. Connell Valparaiso University Meris Mandernach Longmeier Ohio State University – Main Campus Source College & Research Libraries (Forthcoming, […]
The article (preprint) linked below was recently shared on bioRxiv. Title The Best Home For This Paper: A Qualitative Study of How Authors Select Where to Submit Authors Lauren A MaggioUniversity of Illinois at Chicago Natascha ChtenaSimon Fraser University Juan Pablo AlperinSimon Fraser University Laura L MoorheadSan Francisco State University John M WillinskyStanford University Source via […]
Publishing: A New AAP StatShot Reports “Overall Industry Was Flat” During First Quarter of 2024
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|From the Association of American Publishers (AAP): The Association of American Publishers (AAP) today released its StatShot report covering the first three months of 2024 reflecting reported revenue for Trade (Consumer Books), Religious Presses, Higher Education Course Materials, and Professional Publishing. Total revenues across all categories for the first quarter of the year were up […]
The article linked below was recently by the Journal of Radical Librarianship. Title Information Hegemony, Transcending Positivism, and Applying Critical Legal Information Literacy Concepts in the Legal Research Classroom and Beyond Author Latia Ward University of Virginia School of Law Source Journal of Radical Librarianship Vol. 10 (2024) DOI Abstract This paper provides an overview […]
IOP Publishing Releases “State of Peer Review 2024” Report
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|From IIOP Publishing: In March 2020, we conducted a major survey of peer reviewers in the physical sciences and shared our findings with the community. The 2020 IOP Peer Review Motivations Survey contained a number of insights into the opinions and attitudes of peer reviewers, and the results informed our IOP Publishing Peer Review Excellence Programme, which was […]
Behavior AI Systems are Getting Better at Tricking Us (MIT Technology Review) Is AI Lying To Me? Scientists Warn Of Growing Capacity For Deception (The Guardian) Digital Humanities The Collective Use and Evaluation of Generative AI Tools In Digital Humanities Research: Survey-Based Results (preprint) (arXiv) Implementation How to Implement AI — Responsibly (Harvard Business Review) […]
New Journal Article: “The Prevalence of Textbook Affordability and OER Initiatives at ARL Libraries”
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|The article linked below was recently published by The Journal of Academic Librarianship. Title The Prevalence of Textbook Affordability and OER Initiatives at ARL Libraries Author Zara T. Wilkinson Rutgers University-Camden Source The Journal of Academic Librarianship Volume 50, Issue 4, July 2024, 102884 DOI: 10.1016/j.acalib.2024.102884 Abstract Textbook affordability programs and the promotion of OER are […]