#information-access

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fromHackernoon
2 years ago

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

Large language models (LLMs) are fundamentally based on static knowledge and lack the ability to access external information after their training is complete.
Artificial intelligence
fromBusiness Insider
2 weeks ago

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

Some lawmakers have yet to adopt AI chatbots, fearing 'hallucination' risks and the degradation of their own thinking skills. One commented, 'I still like to compose original thoughts.'
US politics
US news
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.
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 significantly departs from the library concept by actively pushing content upon users, unlike libraries where content awaits your attention in a peaceful setting.
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