Day: October 18, 2025

The article (preprint) shared below was recently posted on arXiv. Title Readers Prefer Outputs of AI Trained on Copyrighted Books Over Expert Human Writers Authors Tuhin Chakrabarty Department of Computer Science and AI Innovation Institute, Stony Brook University Jane C. Ginsburg Columbia Law School Paramveer Dhillon School of Information Science, University of Michigan MIT Initiative

This spring in “Beyond Passwords” I shared initial reflections from the Privacy Literacy Forum at Penn State. Since the forum, working groups have continued project efforts. Now that practitioner resources have been drafted, feedback is requested as part of the next steps in project development. Comments are open to feedback until January 2026 and will be followed by expert review. A critical 21st century skill, privacy literacy means understanding and making informed choices to manage personal information, and it’s a growing area of library instruction and programming for multiple age groups. Consensus around professional competencies in privacy literacy will contribute to a workforce that can meet this growing societal need. Drafted materials for review include Framework for Privacy Literacy, a Roadmap to Privacy Literacy Programming in the Library, and a Privacy Literacy Self-Study Guidebook. Forum proceedings will be published and made available with open access via the forum repository, and…
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Last year, OpenAI launched ChatGPT on WhatsApp, and earlier this year, Perplexity launched its own bot on the chat app to tap into the user base of …

The scene outside the ICE facility took a darker turn as federal agents deployed tear gas on the crowd around 4:30 p.m. and detained at least one …

Protesters hold signs and flags during the “No Kings” protest at Deering Oaks in Portland on Saturday. Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Staff Photographer.

The New York Republican Party has disbanded its young GOP chapter after several of its members were caught sending racist text messages.  Read original article: Read More

Akron Democracy Defenders is hosting a candidates night for the school board candidates in the Cuyahoga Falls and the Stow-Munroe Falls districts.  Read original article: Read More

Rachel Gittleman, the president of the American Federation of Government Employees Local 252, discusses how the government shutdown is impacting …

Not long ago, American mayors were leading the way to a future rooted … I struggle to see the populism in opposing parent power, opposing school …

By MIKE CATALINI and OLIVIA DIAZ Associated Press. TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Barack Obama has endorsed the Democratic candidates for governor in New …  Read original article: Read More

According to Education Week and PBS reporting, roughly 460 positions at the Department of Education have been marked for elimination, including …

Local school board leaders blamed stagnant public education funding for … Lily Kepner started at the American-Statesman in October 2023.

In August, Newsom announced a statewide effort to redraw the state’s congressional district map to favor Democratic candidates in the upcoming 2026 …  Read original article: Read More

… 2026 midterm election, with Independent voters currently favoring Democratic candidates by nine percentage points. The Center Square Voters’ Voice …  Read original article: Read More

The Indiana Citizen October 17, 2025 ReCenter Indiana Inc., a civic-engagement organization, will be hosting three town halls to discuss …  Read original article: Read More

HARRISBURG — There are no $1 million giveaways to voters, cheesehead hats or candidate debates. Elon Musk is nowhere to be found.  Read original article: Read More

… AI Research (BAIR) Lab. Pierson, who describes herself as a “cautious … news. Share. Reuse this content. Related stories. Related stories. OpenAI …

The cosmos is getting its own red carpet. The inaugural Global Space Awards will launch later this year with world-renowned physicist and science communicator Brian Greene set as the host.

On Episode 182 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik are joined by Terry Hart to discuss his career from a fighter jet pilot to a NASA astronaut.

Why don’t Americans talk about the Spanish-American War? “Not until the conflict in Cuba and the Philippines did America’s love of war become so bold that one can track the transformation.” | Lit Hub History Remembering Courtney Kampa through a

In the Owens Valley, Los Angeles siphons water from Sierra streams and also pumps groundwater from wells. Native tribes are calling for the city to take less water.