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health1 month ago•19 min saved

Pa. to Publish Vaccination Rates for Thousands of Schools Amid Measles Surge

Pennsylvania will begin posting vaccination rates for thousands of public and private schools online this fall following a Post-Gazette investigation that linked declining immunizations to a measles outbreak (at least 64 cases in the southeast). The dataset will cover vaccines for measles, polio, hepatitis B, varicella and pertussis and will include all schools; officials urge a standardized exemption form to curb misinformation and enforcement gaps. In 2025, about 16,000 students were admitted without the legal vaccines across 128 schools, highlighting herd-immunity vulnerabilities that this transparency aims to address.

via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|

#health #measles #pennsylvania

technology4 months ago•10 min saved

Two Hours to a Global Surveillance Dashboard with Codex

A tech journalist builds a local, live-camera dashboard using OpenAI's Codex (compared to Claude Code) and demonstrates how quickly AI-assisted tooling can turn public datasets into interactive surveillance visuals. The piece highlights privacy risks, the potential for mass monitoring, and the need for safeguards as such capabilities become easier to prototype and deploy.

via PCMag|

#ai-ethics #openai-codex #privacy

business9 months ago•1 min saved

US government shutdown hampers economic data and job reports

The article discusses the challenges of relying on public data and promotes various subscription options for accessing Financial Times journalism, emphasizing the value of digital and print editions for quality analysis and insights.

via Financial Times|

#business #digital-access #financial-times

science1 year ago•4 min saved

NASA's SPHEREx Mission to Provide Unprecedented All-Sky Universe Maps for Global Access

NASA's SPHEREx space telescope has begun delivering its all-sky survey data to a public archive, enabling global access to its detailed infrared observations of the universe, which will support a wide range of astronomical research over its two-year mission.

via NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) (.gov)|

#all-sky-map #infrared-wavelengths #nasa

science1 year ago•4 min saved

NASA's SPHEREx Mission to Unveil the All-Sky Map Globally

NASA's SPHEREx mission has launched a space telescope that is creating an all-sky map in 102 infrared wavelengths, with data being publicly released weekly to enable widespread scientific research on the universe's structure, composition, and history, including the study of water, organic molecules, and cosmic expansion.

via NASA Science (.gov)|

#all-sky-map #infrared-wavelengths #nasa

technology3 years ago•1 min saved

Google's Privacy Policy Allows AI to Utilize Public Data

Google has updated its privacy policy to clarify that it can use publicly available data to train its AI models, including language models like Bard. The change comes amidst concerns raised by critics about companies using online information without consent to train their generative AI models. This follows a proposed class action lawsuit against OpenAI for allegedly scraping personal data without prior consent. As more companies develop their own generative AI products, similar lawsuits are expected. In response to the generative AI boom, platforms like Reddit have started charging for API access, while Twitter has implemented restrictions to address data scraping and system manipulation.

via Engadget|

#ai-models #generative-ai #google