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Europe ChatGPT’s Hallucinations Draw EU Privacy Complaint (via Politico) Statement From Organizaton Filing Compaint (via noyb) OpenAI OpenAI Inks Strategic Tie-Up With UK’s Financial Times, Including Content Use (via TechCrunch Statement From Financial Times US Government Biden-⁠Harris Administration Announces Key AI Actions 180 Days Following President Biden’s Landmark Executive Order (via The White House) Report: […]

The “AI for Scientific Discovery” workshop took place on October 12-13, 2023. The proceedings were published in April, 2024. The event was hosted by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. About the Workshop Over the past century, artificial intelligence (AI) has evolved from computational theory to everyday conversational technologies, capturing the attention and […]

The research article (preprint) linked below was recently shared on arXiv. Title An Analysis of the Effects of Sharing Research Data, Code, and Preprints on Citations Authors Giovanni Colavizza University of Bologna Lauren Cadwallader PLOS Marcel LaFlamme PLOS Grégory Dozot HEIG-VD Stéphane Lecorney HEIG-VD Daniel Rappo HEIG-VD Iain Hrynaszkiewicz PLOS Source via arXiv arXiv:2404.16171  Abstract […]

From the European Union: The Use Case Observatory, an initiative led by data.europa.eu, serves as comprehensive research aimed at evaluating the impact of open data across Europe between 2022 and 2025. This project focuses on analysing 30 reuse cases and aims to contribute with valuable insights to the broader goals of data.europa.eu while shedding light on the […]

Data Management and Sharing Plans Connecting DMSPs to Research Outputs (via University of California Curation Center (UC3)) France French National Library Quarantines ‘Poisonous’ Books (AFP via France 24) Iowa Iowa City Launches Book Donation and Recycling Program to Promote Sustainability (via Des Moines Register) Johns Hopkins University Libraries Cynthia Hudson Vitale Appointed Associate Dean of […]

Copim: A community working to build a fairer, more open future for scholarly books has just announced the launch of three experimental book publishing pilot projects. 1) Launch of Experimental Book Publishing Pilot Project ‘Servpub – A Collective Infrastructure to Serve and Publish’ The Open Book Futures (OBF) Experimental Publishing Group is pleased to announce […]

The article linked below was published today by PLOS One. Title Seek and You May (Not) Find: A Multi-Institutional Analysis of Where Research Data are Shared Authors Lisa R. Johnston University of Wisconsin-Madison Alicia Hofelich Mohr University of Minnesota Joel Herndon Duke University Shawna Taylor Association of Research Libraries  Jake R. Carlson University of Buffalo […]

From the Montgomery Advertiser: The Alabama House approved HB385 Thursday, which would allow for the prosecution of librarians who fail to remove the challenged materials in a timely manner. The vote came after the House added more context to the legal term “sexual conduct” and defined the distribution of materials considered harmful to minors on […]

From the Association of Research Libraries: The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has issued a set of “Research Libraries Guiding Principles for Artificial Intelligence.” AI technologies, and in particular, generative AI, have significant potential to improve access to information and advance openness in research outputs. AI also has the potential to disrupt information landscapes and […]