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'The Public Interest Corpus is focused on developing large-scale, high-quality AI training data from the world’s memory organizations that serve the public interest.' https://publicinterestcorpus.org/the-public-interest-corpus-an-update-and-opportunities-for-co-development/ #AI #AI4LAM

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I'm excited to share, 📚 "The Public Interest Corpus: An Update and Opportunities for Co-Development"📚! We have a kickoff event in early March, and plan to engage with many stakeholders over the next 12 months. Please reach out if you'd like to learn more! publicinterestcorpus.org/the-public-i...

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“We must reject the false narrative that prioritizing human rights harms AI development,” shirin anlen writes. “A human rights-centered approach is not a burden; it is an opportunity.” www.techpolicy.press/human-rights...

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Tomorrow we're embarking on our next Community Sprint, on the Universal Viewer's UX. This is a great opportunity for developers of any level to contribute to open source software in the cultural heritage world. For more info, check out our Slack channel: universalviewer.slack.com

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Nominations are now open for the 2025 Richard Deswarte Prize in Digital History, the annual prize that celebrates the best of digital history. Submit your work or work you love published since January 2024. Deadline for submissions is 30 May. ihrdighist.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2021/12/the-... #dhist

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I like a good tool comparison, especially one that gets into specifics. 'Keyword tagging artworks with GPT4 and Google Vision' medium.com/whitney-digi... by @colinbrooks.com (From Jan 2024, which already feels like a lifetime ago!)

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I enjoyed reading 'Temporalities and Values in an Epistemic Culture: Citizen Humanities, Local Knowledge, and AI-supported Transcription of Archives' dx.doi.org/10.37683/asa... on the kind of rainy Sunday afternoon when people might volunteer to spend time with local history records #CitizenScience

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A good point about LLMs/GenAI: it's 'not innovative. It can only re-mix the past. It cannot discard old prejudices or develop new positions.' In 'Don’t gift our work to AI billionaires: Mark Haddon, Michael Rosen and other creatives urge government' www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

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UK #BookSky 📚 - if you search PREORDER25, you'll find loads of authors whose books are 25% off to preorder at Waterstones this weekend. Paperbacks, hardbacks, kids books, adult books - get 'em while they're discounted!

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We're hiring at the @digblk.bsky.social! Hiring a "Data Scientist" (very broadly defined) to collaborate on the @ccp-org.bsky.social, @douglassday.bsky.social & emerging work on Black archives & AI. Can be remote! Info: bit.ly/cbdr-ds We're reviewing apps this month. Help us spread the word?

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Today we launch a new open research community It is called ARBOR: arborproject.github.io/ please join us. bsky.app/profile/ajy...

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Join us for the Post-1800 and Contemporary British Society & Culture Doctoral Open Day on Friday 14 March: - Discover our rich collections - Connect with our expert curatorial teams - Expand your network with like-minded researchers Book your place: bit.ly/BLPhDOpenDay...

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Some noodlings about what areas for public sector AI adoption the government could prioritise, to achieve the short-term cashable savings they're after. There are fairly few areas where AI leads to people sitting around with nothing to do, so what else? connectedbydata.org/blog/2025/02...

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And all the #FACT2025 sessions are now up online with recordings and illustrated summaries. Enjoy - there's a lot to watch and they are jam packed with ideas and hope www.acmi.net.au/projects-par...

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It's hard to take Microsoft seriously as a company when they add a running shoes icon to any calendar appointment that uses the word 'sprint'

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We're pleased to announce we've published a proposal for the Association’s governance approach, which lays out a structure for the Association, a model for membership for individuals & institutions and a timeline for elections. Check it out & let us know your thoughts! We'd love to hear from you!

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Matthew Stephens @c19thnewshound.bsky.social argues that short-lived newspapers, often overlooked as the expected casualties of a developing industry, were actually a significant proportion of the 19th century’s press. Read it in VPR 57.1-2: muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl... @rs4vp.bsky.social

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Can’t recommend this excellent article by @c19thnewshound.bsky.social enough! Some much needed analysis of the important roll short-lived newspapers played in the 19th century marketplace.

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With over 500 languages spoken across the country, Nigeria is full of linguistic diversity. The Nigerian Language Oral History Documentation Project is a vital initiative by Wikimedia User Group Nigeria aimed at preserving Nigeria's rich linguistic heritage. 🧵⬇️ (1/6)

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New maps online! 🗺️ Ordnance Survey one-inch to the mile maps of England and Wales, published 1903-1920, are now online and available to explore. These detailed sheets provide a colourful overview of the early 20th century landscape ⛰️ Explore our recent maps additions > maps.nls.uk/additions/#175

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GLAM folk, got perspectives on 'Participatory Science' (or citizen history, citizen science, crowdsourcing) to share for a special edition of Citizen Science: Theory and Practice (CSTP) Journal? Abstracts to forms.gle/tZmaSEPixgAU... - by February 28 More: participatorysciences.org/2024/11/07/c...

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Dear DH/CompSci/coding people - anyone know of formal or informal discussions taking place about experiences/best practices for teaching coding and integrating (or not) LLMs? I'd be keen to hear how others are managing it and whether we can learn anything from each other. #programming #teaching

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This, via @gquaggiotto.bsky.social, is a fascinating piece of reporting on the roll out of DeepSeek in Chinese local govt. www.sixthtone.com/news/1016677 Even if we assume it's not about R1, released in Jan, v3 was only v released in December so sthg doesn't quite add up timing wise

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Report on The State of Open Research Software Infrastructure zenodo.org/records/1488.... Surveys understanding of the current needs / dependencies in the ORS ecosystem and identifies opportunities towards sustainability and resilience. I was interviewed on behalf of @pelagios.bsky.social #opensource

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Hey! Read my latest blog post to find out why this choice of newspaper as a film prop was an intriguing one. www.matthewstephens.org.uk?p=213

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Exposure is the best innoculation against AI hype: 'trial participants who reckoned the technology was of little to use soared from 6% before the trial to 59% after the trial, an almost tenfold increase' www.themandarin.com.au/286344-treas...

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I was in Paris last week for the #AIActionSummit & was honoured to participate in the “AI in public interest” panel. 👇🏾 my thoughts & reflections on what AI in public interest is/isn’t & some concrete steps/initiatives for `bending the arc of AI towards the public interest' aial.ie/pages/aiparis/

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Just out! My book chapter about the politics of language editing and decolonising academic English.

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"Because today, unless you’re designing for LLMs, not accounting for real human input is a shortcut to nowhere." www.ideo.com/journal/the-...

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Cribbed from LinkedIn.

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Woohoo! 'Readers in British Library Reading Rooms can from this week access digitised newspapers on the British Newspaper Archive (BNA) for free, for the first time since the cyber-attack.'

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My collaborator Avery Blankenship found this incredible C19 reprint/thesis for the entire Viral Texts project: "the most interesting reading imaginable is a file of old newspapers…It brings up the very age…& marks its genius & its spirit more than the most labored description of the historian"

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📣Applications to our Public History Prize are open! The Pamela Cox Public History Prize (open to PGRs and ECRs) recognises activities that enhance public understanding of social and cultural history✨ 👉More info & apply here: socialhistory.org.uk/prizes/publi... ⏰Deadline 24 March 2025 🗃️

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i am 100% of the belief that simply forcing take-writers to answer the question "who specifically said this and why are they significant" would result in substantially fewer bad takes circulating in the world

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"Staff working in galleries, libraries, archives and museums around the UK will soon be able to ask The National Archives for help funding community-led research projects, following a generous £1 million award by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)."

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From the IIIF Community Newsletter, 'French Ministry of Culture has published an introductory guide to IIIF for museums, including technical recommendations for museum implementations': IIIF pour les musées de France

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eight-critical-questions-for-the-new-chief-executive-of-ukri. Fun as ever to write with @uofgvc.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social

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With the appointment of the new chief executive of UKRI “imminent”, my colleague @milespadgett.bsky.social and I explore the key issues s/he will face. Which one is your favourite? There will be more of course… wonkhe.com/blogs/eight-... @uofglasgow.bsky.social @uofgresearch.bsky.social

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Fragments suited and rebooted! We are thrilled to launch our brand new website with our growing database of medieval fragments and host volumes, IIIF images and project highlight pages. Check it out at the link below and follow for more updates! 📜🚀🎉 lostmss.org.uk/project

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28 April is the deadline to join the various REF panels, with people from a wide range of backgrounds sought, beyond academics https://buff.ly/41bIXkp #REF29 #REF2029 #HE

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