It’s very easy to ignore what happens before and behind-the-scenes when you enter… Tags: generative, human, system
For Governing, Jule Pattison-Gordon on how librarians are handling the slop trying to… Tags: Governing, library, slop
From WikiProject AI Cleanup, a guide on spotting fake writing on Wikipedia. This… Tags: fake, Wikipedia, writing
The rapper Curtis Jackson became 50 Cent a couple of decades ago, but… Tags: 50 Cent, Brian Moore, humor, inflation
Om Malik interviewed Rodney Brooks, the founder of iRobot and former director of… Tags: future, iRobot, Om Malik, robot, Rodney Brooks
The cost of living varies across the United States, depending on what you're buying. See the differences in this chart. Tags: cost, spending
This week we sort the dots and look closer at the things we can control. Tags: interaction, sorting
There’s been a lot going on and we almost forget that the federal… Tags: funding, government, New York Times, shutdown
For the Washington Post, Craig Whitlock, Lisa Rein, and Caitlin Gilbert examine court… Tags: disability, fraud, Veterans Affairs, Washington Post
When there is an excess of solar energy during the day, it can… Tags: batteries, energy, Financial Times, solar
The cost of driving an electric vehicle varies by where you charge and… Tags: cost, electric vehicle, Francesca Paris, Upshot
The big AI companies are making deals with each other, promising and distributing… Tags: Bloomberg, business, funding
Everyone loves reading about millionaires who don’t have enough liquidity to buy things,… Tags: Bloomberg, income, millionaire, spending
Parlays in sports betting are booming and people are losing billions of dollars… Tags: betting, parlay, sports, uncertainty, Washington Post
Kurzgesagt, popular for illustrative explainer videos on YouTube, describes the current situation with… Tags: Internet, Kurzgesagt, misinformation
Hi everyone. Nathan here. I write to you from the United States, where… Tags: Ben Shneiderman, details, patterns
Our World in Data compared causes of death in the United States against… Tags: mortality, news, Our World in Data
Matthew Inman, the cartoonist who illustrates The Oatmeal, breaks down his feelings towards… Tags: art, Oatmeal
OpenAI released Sora, which lets users easily generate videos with a prompt. The… Tags: Casey Neistat, creativity, OpenAI, slop, Sora
As many of us have learned first-hand, TikTok (and its scrolling video ilk)… Tags: TikTok, usage, Washington Post
Dell Cameron, for Wired, on the system currently in its planning phase: Throughout,… Tags: government, privacy, surveillance, Wired
Suzanne Smalley reporting for The Record: Social media giant LinkedIn on Thursday filed… Tags: fake, lawsuit, LinkedIn, ProAPIs, scraping
The administration cut $500 million of aid to U.S. food banks earlier this… Tags: food, government, ProPublica
As we descend towards slop-based social media, where the videos are fake and… Tags: Financial Times, John Burn-Murdoch, social media
Pew Research surveyed U.S. adults about news consumption on social media and found… Tags: Pew Research, social media, TikTok
Earlier this year, the administration halted USAID shipments of antimalarial and HIV medical… Tags: health, USAID, Washington Post
Just under half of adults in the United States said they had an alcoholic beverage in the past 30 days. Does this change for various groups? Tags: alcohol
Hi everyone. Nathan here. I write to you from the United States, where… Tags: table
Merriam-Webster is about to release the next edition of their large language model… Tags: dictionary, humor, Merriam-Webster
Due to the government shutdown, parts of the Census Bureau site, where you… Tags: Census Bureau, government, shutdown
The government shutdown of 2025 begins. Here is a quick table by Nigel… Tags: funding, government, NBC News, shutdown
As one might expect, Congress is having trouble figuring out how to fund… Tags: funding, government, Lazaro Gamio, New York Times
For Quanta Magazine, Joseph Howlett and Mark Belan explain the mechanics of how… Tags: climate change, global warming, Quanta Magazine
You can find rhythms and patterns when you look closely at the activities… Tags: life, Matthew Wilcock, music, sonification
Most of the H-1B attention has been on companies, but many visa holders… Tags: H-1B, research, Xylom
The wildfires keep coming, and the smoke pollution keeps filling the air. It… Tags: pollution, smoke, Washington Post, wildfire
This is quite a visual story from Reuters. In a comic format, they… Tags: comic, illustration, Reuters, scam
Here are tools you can use, datasets to poke at, and resources to learn from. Tags: roundup
Researchers from the MIT Media Lab studied posts to r/MyBoyfriendIsAI on Reddit. While… Tags: MIT Media Lab, Reddit, relationships
From Gyana Swain for Computerworld on how “hallucinations” a.k.a. computer errors are inevitable… Tags: Computerworld, error, OpenAI, uncertainty
For Futurism, Maggie Harrison Dupré highlights the role of ChatGPT between divorced couples.… Tags: ChatGPT, divorce, Futurism, relationships
Women’s clothing sizes aren’t the same across brands. The Straits Times collected measurements,… Tags: clothes, sizes, Straits Times, women
Speaking of the BLS, economist David Wessel joins Jonathan Schwabish on the PolicyViz… Tags: David Wessel, economy, government, PolicyViz, trust, uncertainty
Erika McEntarfer, the former chief for the Bureau of Labor Statistics made her… Tags: Bloomberg, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Erika McEntarfer, firing
The Washington Post algorithmically identified circling flight paths for helicopters over Washington, D.C.,… Tags: flight, helicopter, Washington Post
The Bird Migration Explorer shows bird migrations that you can explore. Each color… Tags: Audubon, birds, migration
Speaking of data games, Dataguessr by David Bauer is a sorting game that… Tags: Dataguessr, David Bauer, game, sorting
This week, we highlight more literal representations of data, because in the end, it’s the only thing that separates us from the artificial. Tags: abstract, reality
Chartle, by Erwan Rivault and Adnaan Jiwa, is a game to test and/or… Tags: Adnaan Jiwa, Chartle, Erwan Rivault, game, Wordle
For the Washington Post, Taylor Telford, Jaclyn Peiser, and Federica Cocco report on… Tags: layoffs, unemployment, Washington Post, work
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