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Thursday Threads this week: Libraries are integrating generative AI. OCLC's AI removed WorldCat duplicates; JSTOR and EBSCO tested AI summaries. Clarivate's survey found AI adoption vital but raised concerns. Ed Summers outlines AI's problem areas, urging careful use. dltj.org/article/issu...

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So, a few quick things on this: 1. Many of the tech journalists now covering what's going on in the gov't spent years covering other Elon Musk nonsense, and recognize it for what it is. 2. This includes tech reporters at the NYT (indeed, my piece that is praised here quotes the NYT)

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Ed tech is shifting classroom dynamics, introducing challenges from 'phone prisons' to student privacy. Data breaches, Chromebooks' 'expiration', and careful technology purchases spotlight the complex landscape of educational technology. That and more in Thursday Threads: dltj.org/article/issu...

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"Archivists actually have everything in digital repos now, but they still do this to provide enrichment for researchers, the way zoos hide food for animals in hard-to-open boxes." xkcd.com/3052/ — www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.p...

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Source for this graphic: www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

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Today's DLTJ Thursday threads is about of batteries: breakthrough technologies, phytomining for battery metals, smartphone myths, EU's green norms, role in renewable energy, and tech without batteries. dltj.org/article/issu...

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Discover the credit card industry's secrets in this week's DLTJ Thursday Threads. Explore processing fees, merchant struggles, reward systems, data monetization, debt collection, and ExTwitter's "everything app" ambition. As always, a cat picture! dltj.org/article/issu...

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