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fromHackernoon
2 years ago

RAG Systems Are Breaking the Barriers of Language Models: Here's How | HackerNoon

Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems provide up-to-date information, addressing the limitations of static large language models.
US politics
fromBusiness Insider
3 weeks ago

'I don't trust it, I don't like it': Lawmakers sound off on why they don't use AI

Many lawmakers express skepticism toward AI chatbots, fearing risks of hallucinations and erosion of original thinking.
fromwww.npr.org
1 month ago

A popular climate website will be hobbled, after Trump administration eliminates entire staff

Climate.gov, a key source of climate data, will halt updates and has lost its entire staff, raising concerns about access to reliable climate information.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Alarming' rise in regional internet censorship in China, study finds

The enhanced censorship in Henan results in denial of access to five times more websites than the average in China, highlighting alarming regional censorship.
Privacy technologies
fromBuzzFeed
2 months ago

Older People Are Sharing With A 22-Year-Old What Life Was Like Before 9/11

One major difference that is tough to even remember, let alone to describe to someone who didn't live through it, was how parochial information was back then. Take any obscure factoid, for example: What happened downtown this afternoon? Where was a certain rock star born? Who was the goaltender on the 1980 Swedish Olympic team? Today, you can call it up in a matter of seconds; back then, you had to either have the knowledge, have someone who did, or have access to people or resources that did. Otherwise, you shrugged and went on with your day. There was no falling down Wikipedia rabbit holes.
Television
fromArs Technica
2 months ago

After two court losses, DOGE asks Supreme Court for Social Security data access

The government cannot eliminate waste and fraud if district courts bar the very agency personnel with expertise... from performing their jobs.
EU data protection
US news
fromwww.nytimes.com
4 months ago

As Voice of America Goes Dark, Some Broadcasts Are Replaced by Music

Voice of America broadcasts, vital for democracy and transparency, are ceasing due to a federal agency dismantling initiated by an executive order.
fromMedium
11 months ago

Let's shitmix the algorithm

YouTube's active content delivery contrasts with the passive, stable environment of traditional libraries.
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