Felony Bench
Site that tracks questionable behaviour, or at least claims of questionable behaviour, by LLMs/agents.
Backrooms Director Stops A24 Copyright Striking Community Art
A24 got embroiled in copyright strikes against online creations related to the Backrooms. People, unsurprisingly, got very angry. The issue seems solved, for the moment, but it says a lot about capitalist appropriation of mass-created popular culture.
Social media to be banned for under-16s in landmark government move to give kids their childhood back
The press release from the UK government, covering the intended ban on social media for under-16s. Even if we were to assume this is a good thing (and I'm far from convinced it is), the proposal as it looks right now is as hilariously bad and appears to be as ill-informed as any attempt to control the Internet.
Don't Outsource Your Understanding
The article highlights the dangers of “cognitive surrender,” where individuals rely heavily on AI-generated content without proper verification. This phenomenon is evident in various fields, including law, software development, and academia, leading to errors, misinformation, and a lack of understanding. The author emphasises the importance of staying engaged in the cognitive loop, actively verifying AI outputs, and understanding the underlying processes to ensure the quality and reliability of work.
Subject access request Q and As for employers
Useful information regarding the right to access information held on you by your employer. While this is written as advice to the company, it's also informative about what you, as an employee, can ask.
Digital ID - Hansard - UK Parliament
The UK Parliament debated the plan to introduce a digital ID. I have mixed feelings about this falling mostly on the no side; shades of the old No2ID campaign all over again.
Section 75 Consumer Credit Act
Saving this as I might need to finally make use of it...
GDPR Enforcement Tracker - list of GDPR fines
It's often you get told or hear that nobody ever gets fined under the GDPR. Here's a site that shows that really isn't the case at all.
SPDX License List | Software Package Data Exchange (SPDX)
The list of SPDX licences. For me this is useful to find the ID so that I can add the most useful value to Python package metadata.
AI Hallucination Cases Database
AI will enslave us all eventually...
Certifying a document
How to get a copy of a document certified in the UK.
Make It Fair
PPA article about the campaign against the UK government's wish to relax copyright laws relating to AI using people's work for training.
Cards Against Humanity sues SpaceX, alleges “invasion” of land on US/Mexico border
I didn’t have CAH suing SpaceX on my 2024 bingo card. In retrospect it makes perfect sense. Also… absolutely on brand for SpaceX.
The Highway Code: 8 changes you need to know from 29 January 2022
Main changes to the highway code in the UK in early 2022.
Expert analysis: Why the Caroline Flack case placed CPS in a difficult position - Mark Brooks
A sober take on a terrible situation. The case itself had serious implications for how victims of abuse are believed, even if they don't wish to report the abuse (which often can be the case because an abuser can convince the victim that the abuse isn't real, or there's a reasonable cause).
Contract for the Web
Website for the contract for the web
ST.25 - Standard for the presentation of nucleotide and amino acid sequence listings in patent applications
The mysterious history of the MIT License | Opensource.com
Short article about the unclear history of the MIT licence.