Did AI write that? 5 ways to distinguish chatbots from human authors

AI models follow certain structural rules when generating text. This can make it easier to identify their writing. They tend towards contrasts, for example: "It's not X -- it's Y." The past few years ...
9to5Mac

T-Mobile customer call and text data captured from unencrypted satellite comms; military data too

Security researchers at two US universities were able to intercept T-Mobile customer call and text data from completely unencrypted satellite communications. Researchers were also able to eavesdrop on ...
Business Insider

See where data centers are across the US on our interactive map

In June, Business Insider published an investigation into the data center industry. We wanted to dig into the pace of growth in light of the artificial intelligence boom, as well as the resources the ...
American Library Association

Text and Data Mining Literacy for Librarians

ACRL announces the publication of Text and Data Mining Literacy for Librarians, edited by Whitney Kramer, Iliana Burgos, and Evan Muzzall, demonstrating how academic libraries are supporting TDM ...
The New York Times

Homeland Security Tells Watchdog It Hasn’t Kept Text Message Data Since April

The agency’s response to public records requests indicated potential violations of federal records laws, experts said. By Minho Kim Reporting from Washington The Department of Homeland Security ...
InfoQ

Google Launched LangExtract, a Python Library for Structured Data Extraction from Unstructured Text

A monthly overview of things you need to know as an architect or aspiring architect. Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with ...
MIT Technology Review

A major AI training data set contains millions of examples of personal data

Personally identifiable information has been found in DataComp CommonPool, one of the largest open-source data sets used to train image generation models. Millions of images of passports, credit cards ...
The New York Times

Their Water Taps Ran Dry When Meta Built Next Door

In the race to develop artificial intelligence, tech giants are building data centers that guzzle up water. That has led to problems for people who live nearby. In the race to develop artificial ...
IEEE

Decreasing Word Error Rates in Paragraph Handwritten Text Recognition with Synthetic Data

Abstract: Handwritten Text Recognition (HTR) faces a persistent challenge with the scarcity of data at the paragraph level, arising from the difficulty of acquiring diverse, cost-efficient, and ...