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Remembering campaign promises past
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Just two more weeks to get your comments in on the EC public consultation on high-risk AI systems: https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/commission-launches-public-consultation-high-risk-ai-systems
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Wiley & Perplexity are really getting out ahead of the others with this. Making it possible to integrate high-quality research & educational content into an LLM response solves a major issue with LLMs (lack of access to the best resources) & drives content deals https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250508857307/en/Wiley-and-Perplexity-Announce-New-AI-Search-Partnership
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What if this is true & how would we know?
https://dcurt.is/thinking/
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At the annual EU budget conference today, @vonderleyen@respublicae.eu said "we thought AI would only approach human reasoning around 2050. Now we expect this to happen already next year." https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/speech_25_1284
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The EU should cut actual red tape, not AI safeguards, argues @ristouuk.bsky.social @futureoflife.org
https://fortune.com/2025/05/20/eu-ai-regulations-startups/?abc123&trk=feed-detail_comments-list_comment-text
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#scholcomm Postdoctoral Fellowship on Preprints and Open Peer Review
** Deadline: May 23rd, 2025 **
https://www.scholcommlab.ca/join-us/hiring-postdoctoral-fellow-on-preprints-and-open-peer-review/?trk=feed-detail_main-feed-card_feed-article-content
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Clarivate is removing citations to and from retracted papers from the Journal Impact Factor! 😎 Wonder what took them so long? https://clarivate.com/academia-government/blog/journal-citation-reports-2025-addressing-retractions-and-strengthening-research-integrity/
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The influence of the influencers. One can only hope that enough of them feel the weight of the responsibility that their position puts on them.
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Would the $50k used to pay off school lunch debt have saved more lives if it went to an effective charity in Africa? Probably. But we aren't choosing between a world where the money was spent in Africa or in Utah. We're choosing between Utah or nothing. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/utah-school-lunch-debt-relief-free-student-meals_n_681258fbe4b03207b5ba49fa
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Offer in the European Parliament's Research Service (DG EPRS), in their Digital Policies Unit. The role involves researching and writing briefs for MEPS on topics like Al and cybersecurity. https://ep-stages.gestmax.eu/6634/1/digital-policies-unit
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UK & EU folks, looks like a good chance to meet others and hear some inspiring speakers on managing AI risk: pausecon.org
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