Documenting Historical Newswire Articles
Researchers at Harvard University have created a dataset that contains almost three million articles from newswire services, which are services that distribute news stories and content to media...
View ArticleThe AI Act’s AI Watermarking Requirement is a Misstep in the Quest for...
The AI Act, formally adopted by the EU in March 2024, requires providers of AI systems to mark their output as AI-generated content. This labelling requirement is meant to allow users to detect when...
View ArticleVisualizing Changes in Immigration to the United States
The Washington Post has analyzed roughly four million U.S. immigration court filings since 2014 to create an interactive map that shows where in America immigrants have settled. Many immigrants end up...
View Article10 Bits: The Data News Hotlist
This week’s list of top data news highlights covers July 6, 2024 to July 12, 2024 and includes articles on a smart ring that helps track personal health and an AI chatbot that answers questions...
View ArticleMapping the Accuracy of Weather Forecasts in the United States
The Washington Post has created a map showing how many days out the weather forecasts for temperature are accurate in different parts of the United States, using data shared for the first time by the...
View ArticleTracking AI-Related Activities in the Private Sector
The Emerging Technologies Observatory, a public platform for data and insights on emerging technology issues from Georgetown University, has used various sources of public and private data on 690...
View Article10 Bits: The Data News Hotlist
This week’s list of top data news highlights covers July 13, 2024 to July 19, 2024, and includes articles on Amazon’s new AI shopping assistant and a digital twin of a concert hall in Austria. 1....
View ArticleMapping the Share of Low-Wage Workers in Each State
Visual Capitalist has created a map showing the percentage of workers earning under $17 an hour in each U.S. state, using data from the Economic Policy Institute, a Washington D.C.-based research...
View ArticleTracking Federal Inmate Complaints Between 2000 and 2024
The Data Liberation Project, a nonprofit that seeks to expand access to government datasets of public interest, has published a new dataset containing roughly 1.8 million complaints and appeal...
View Article10 Bits: The Data News Hotlist
This week’s list of top data news highlights covers July 20, 2024 to July 26, 2024, and includes articles on a new robot masseur and an AI-powered dashboard that helps manage cyber defense teams. 1....
View ArticleMapping Risks from Urban Heat for Olympic Marathon Runners
Bloomberg has used data on rooftop materials from a U.K.-based non-profit to create a map of Paris, the host city of the 2024 Summer Olympics. Zinc rooftops, which make up 80 percent of Parisian...
View ArticleDetailing Commercial Zones in the United States and Canada
Researchers at the University of Toronto have created a dataset on commercial areas, such as retail centers and financial districts, in roughly 70 metropolitan areas in the United States and Canada....
View Article10 Bits: The Data News Hotlist
This week’s list of top data news highlights covers July 27, 2024 to August 2, 2024, and includes articles on a new training system for police officers using virtual reality and a robot dog that uses...
View ArticleExamining Highly Skilled Worker Visa Lotteries
Bloomberg has created a visualization that breaks down what types of companies obtained work visas for foreign workers between 2020 and 2023 using new immigration data the media company obtained from...
View ArticleStudying Voter Behavior in the United States
Researchers from several American universities have analyzed electronic records of ballots cast in the 2020 U.S. general election to create a dataset that shows how roughly 41 million Americans voted...
View ArticlePolicy Updates, week of July 29 2024
U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Advances Several Bipartisan AI Bills The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Technology has approved eight AI-related bills, which will advance to the Senate...
View Article10 Bits: The Data News Hotlist
This week’s list of top data news highlights covers August 3, 2024 to August 9, 2024, and includes articles on public defense attorneys using AI to analyze evidence and a humanoid robot helping to...
View ArticlePolicy Updates, Week of August 5, 2024
Members of U.S. Congress Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Introduce AI Sandboxes for Financial Regulators U.S. Senators Mike Rounds (R-SD) and Martin Heinrich (D-NM), and U.S. Representatives French Hill...
View ArticlePolicy Highlights, Week of July 22, 2024
White House Provides Updates on Deliverables of the Executive Order on AI The White House provided updates on the deliverables of President Biden’s Executive Order on AI, released in October 2023....
View ArticleComparing Olympic Rankings Based on Medal Valuation
The New York Times has created interactive visualizations that allow users to compare a country’s standing in the Olympics based on the relative worth of gold, silver, and bronze medals. For instance,...
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