John Battelle's Searchblog

OCTOBER 28, 2014

'The post My NewCo Los Angeles Picks appeared first on John Battelle's Search Blog. I love LA. There, I said it. Yes, I made my entire career and life up here in the Bay Area, and the Dodgers bother me immensely. But I was born in LA, I grew up there, and every time I get back, I get homesick for the light, the warm air, the heady nonsense, and – lately – the extraordinary business culture that’s been brewing these past five or ten years.

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CGI

OCTOBER 31, 2014

Software Robots – friend or foe? p.butler@cgi.com. Fri, 10/31/2014 - 04:00. Robotics are not new. They have existed in manufacturing for many years and their potential has been showcased again by Honda in the form of New ASIMO , which I personally think is a fantastic piece of engineering. But what are software robots? Software Robots, or Robotic Process Automation to use its correct name, is the “application of technology that allows employees in a company to configure computer software or a ‘

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Hunton Privacy

OCTOBER 31, 2014

On October 24, 2014, the Federal Communications Commission announced that it intends to impose a $10 million fine on TerraCom, Inc. (“TerraCom”) and YourTel America, Inc. (“YourTel”) for violating privacy laws relating to their customers’ personal information. This announcement marks the FCC’s first enforcement action in the data security arena as well as its largest privacy action to date.

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Positively RIM

OCTOBER 31, 2014

ARMA International is all-in on Information Governance. I am not privy to ARMA Board meetings, nor have I talked about this with the staff HQ. But walking into the annual conference in San Diego this week, the switch from RIM to IG was inescapable. Traditionalists may bemoan the blurring focus, seeing it as a dilution of discipline or a paean to fashionable modernity.

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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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John Battelle's Searchblog

OCTOBER 26, 2014

'The post Else 10.27.14 – Assange Takes on Google appeared first on John Battelle's Search Blog. ( image ) So what are the most powerful, important, noteworthy stories of the past ten or so days? Read on to find out… Assange: Google Is Not What It Seems – Newsweek. Julian Assange veers between wild eyed conspiracy theory and, well, level-headed conspiracy theory in this rather factless but quite compelling read.

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Hunton Privacy

OCTOBER 30, 2014

On October 28, 2014, the Federal Communications Commission announced that it has joined the Global Privacy Enforcement Network (“GPEN”), a network of approximately 50 privacy enforcement authorities from around the world. The FCC is the second U.S. privacy enforcement authority to join GPEN. The other U.S. member, the Federal Trade Commission, helped establish the network in 2010.

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Positively RIM

OCTOBER 29, 2014

ARMA 2014 – the conference and expo – met in San Diego this week. Here's my initial impression and a differentiator from past meetings: More devotees of Records & Information Management/Governance now recognize that their efforts must enhance and support movement toward their organizations’ goals. In the private sector, that generally means contributing to black ink on the balance sheet.

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Hunton Privacy

OCTOBER 30, 2014

The UK government has announced proposals designed to make it easier for the Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”) to fine companies responsible for nuisance calls and text messages. Under the proposals, the current maximum fine of £500,000 would remain unchanged, but the threshold for imposing fines would be lowered. The rules regarding nuisance calls and texts in the UK are contained in the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 (“PECR”) and are enforced by t

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Hunton Privacy

OCTOBER 29, 2014

The Council of the European Union has published proposed revisions to the compliance obligations of data controllers and data processors included in Chapter IV of the forthcoming EU General Data Protection Regulation (“Regulation”). This proposal was led by the current Italian Presidency and the revisions reflect input from representatives of the national governments of the EU Member States.

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Hunton Privacy

OCTOBER 28, 2014

On October 28, 2014, California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris announced the release of the second annual California Data Breach Report. The report provides information on data breaches reported to California’s Attorney General in 2012 and 2013. Overall, 167 breaches were reported by 136 different entities to California’s Attorney General in 2013.

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