Art And Knowledge in Times of Crisis MisInfoCon: “Framer Framed, a contemporary art museum in Amsterdam, recently opened a new exhibit called “Really? Art and Knowledge in Time of Crisis.” The exhibit explores concepts like weaponizing ignorance and politicizing knowledge, and offers a digital walkthrough of its piece.”
Ray McGovern: Will Putin Attack Poland & the Baltics? Consortium News
German intelligence official travels to Lebanon to discuss preventing Israel-Hezbollah war and Blinken: Israel effectively lost sovereignty in north due to Hezbollah Jerusalem Post
China is returning to a greater focus on coal (FT). And Denmark will levy a one hundred dollar tax on its cows
David Brooks on late bloomers (Atlantic)
New and important bio news from Arc Institute. Here is some further discussion
Form of B12 deficiency in cerebral spinal fluid found to negatively affect the central nervous system. “In 2014, a team of doctors found themselves having difficulty diagnosing a 67-year-old female patient with symptoms typically associated with B12 deficiency—she had difficulty speaking, tremors and ataxia. Blood tests showed no B12 deficiency. . . . The team conducted a spinal tap to analyze the patients’ cerebral spinal fluid. What came back was a surprise—the patient had almost no B12 in the fluid that bathes the brain and central nervous system, suggesting something was preventing it from crossing the blood brain barrier.”
Raids Find Luxury Handbags Being Made by Exploited Workers in Italy WSJ
The Hustle of Financial Domination Susannah Breslin
Another Boxship Loses Power in Baltimore’s HarborMaritime Executive
One more time…but likely not the last time…please stop using Google. Via Search engineLand. Nearly 60% of Google searches end without a click in 2024 – “A majority of Google searches – 58.5% in the U.S. and 59.7% in the EU – result in zero clicks. A zero-click search happens when users end their session or enter a new query without clicking on any results. This data comes from a new zero-click search study published by Rand Fishkin, SparkToro’s CEO and co-founder, based on clickstream data from Datos, which is owned by Semrush…The report. 2024 Zero-Click Search Study: For every 1,000 EU Google Searches, only 374 clicks go to the Open Web. In the US, it’s 360.”
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- PowerPoint Has Its Problems – Jerry Lawson
- AI in Banking and Finance, June 30, 2024 – This semi-monthly column by Sabrina I. Pacifici highlights news, government documents, NGO/IGO papers, industry white papers, academic papers and speeches on the subject of AI’s fast paced impact on the banking and finance sectors.
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- Generative AI Resources 2024 – Marcus P. Zillman
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- AI in Banking and Finance, June 15, 2024 – Sabrina I. Pacifici
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- Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, June 22, 2024 – Five highlights from this week: Top news app caught sharing “entirely false” AI-generated news; The Best Free and Paid AI Document Summarizer Tools In 2024; Microsoft: New Outlook security changes coming to personal accounts; Sick of scams? Stop answering your phone; and Feds Sue Adobe for ‘Trapping’ Customers in Long, Expensive Subscriptions.
- Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, June 15, 2024 Five highlights from this week: Want free and anonymous access to AI chatbots? DuckDuckGo’s new tool is for you; Windows Recall is changing in 3 key aspects after user backslash; Harvard, MIT and Wharton research reveals pitfalls of relying on junior staff for AI training; AI in law enforcement is risky, but holds promise; and The NSA’s guide to keeping your phone and yourself safe.
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