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Gillian Triggs joins call for digital rights reforms after brush with data's dark side

The Guardian Data Protection

Digital Rights Watch warns of ‘systematic and wilful degradation of our human rights online’ • Sign up to receive the top stories every morning Gillian Triggs, Australia’s controversial former human rights commissioner has had a personal experience of the dangers of data retention laws. She was caught out, she reveals in a new report on Digital Rights, when she agreed to provide access to 24 hours of her digital life as part of an experiment at the Melbourne Writers Festival in 2017.

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To get the most from blockchain in government, a sharing mindset is needed

CGI

To get the most from blockchain in government, a sharing mindset is needed. shobana.lv@cgi.com. Mon, 05/14/2018 - 00:45. When I was at university earning my Masters in Computer Science, I devoted a lot of my coursework to distributed computing. At the time, many of the potential applications of a distributed environment—such as one professor’s vision of a distributed air traffic control environment offering immediate, secure communications between every airliner and control tower—were beyond the

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Could We Be Close to a Second State to Approve a Technology CLE Requirement?: eDiscovery Trends

eDiscovery Daily

In 2016, Florida became the first state to mandate technology training for lawyers, when it adopted a rule requiring lawyers to complete three hours of CLE every three years “in approved technology programs.” We covered it here. That requirement went into effect on January 1, 2017 and CloudNine has certainly been providing several CLE courses that are technology approved in Florida.

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3 key digital trends for insurers to watch

Information Management Resources

It may seem daunting for carriers to navigate all the advancements happening in technology, but there are key items to keep in mind, says EY's Sophie Yen.

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Peak Performance: Continuous Testing & Evaluation of LLM-Based Applications

Speaker: Aarushi Kansal, AI Leader & Author and Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO at Aggregage

Software leaders who are building applications based on Large Language Models (LLMs) often find it a challenge to achieve reliability. It’s no surprise given the non-deterministic nature of LLMs. To effectively create reliable LLM-based (often with RAG) applications, extensive testing and evaluation processes are crucial. This often ends up involving meticulous adjustments to prompts.

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Percy Sutton: The Coming Population Explosion

Archives Blogs

50 years ago today, Planned Parenthood organized its first conference on family planning at the now-defunct Commodore Hotel in New York City, near Grand Central station. Titled “Family Planning in New York City: Change and Challenge,” it featured speakers culled from health and social-service leaders within Mayor Lindsay’s administration.