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This is a reminder that we're putting together a strand for IMC_Leeds 2024 on the conference theme of crisis! The deadline is quickly approaching, so be sure to get your abstract in (details below) before 15 September ✍️ #IMC2023 #IMC2024 #Leeds #medieval #crisis #CFP

The Washington Haggadah and 33 other Medieval Manuscripts digitized by Library of Congress medievalists.net/2023/08/washin… #medievalmanuscripts #digitzation

Hey, how ya doing? Sending lots of 💕 to our lovely followers. We'd like to share some information on how to access our collections, plus some online resources relating to our medieval manuscripts. blogs.bl.uk/living-knowled… blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanus…

i asked SARAH, the World Health Organization's new AI chatbot, for medical help near me, and it provided an entirely fabricated list of clinics/hospitals in SF. fake addresses, fake phone numbers. check out Jessica Nix's take on SARAH here: bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg

A big story that hasn't gotten enough attention: a VA ed official tried to stop gen ed diversity requirements at 2 unis by targeting the syllabi of 27 profs. As we argue Richmond Times-Dispatch, gov't censorship of DEI initiatives inevitably leads to faculty censorship. richmond.com/zzstyling/view…

We're going to get an NFT-style "oops, sorry, that was stupid" institutional course correction about AI chatbots eventually... all I ask is that we speed it up.

New Beacon Press volume just arrived -- and I have a chapter in here, with my PEN America colleagues Jonathan Friedman 📚 and James Tager, on "The Rise of Educational Gag Orders." Many other great pieces in here as well. Buy The Right to Learn here: amazon.com/Right-Learn-Re…

Congratulations to Missouri State Department of History alum Anna Guenter! Her winning research paper explored Jewish identity in postwar Vienna. blogs.missouristate.edu/reynolds/2024/…

New Medieval Books: Cleaning Up Renaissance Italy, by Jane Stevens Crawsha published by @OUPHistory medievalists.net/2024/05/new-me… #environmentalhistory #books #medieval

We are shown over and over that all current forms of Generative AI are built off IP theft. The victims of this so called IP theft? Untold number of creatives from all disciplines and crafts. Read yet another example of this 👇 wired.com/story/youtube-…

Not sure how you tell students to “ethically” use a tool that is built upon work stolen from countless writers/artists/etc and the use of which consumes an obscene amount of energy. Great thread:

Something we shouldn’t lose track of in the AI discussion is that the educators speaking out about what they’re seeing are on the frontlines of AI use. They aren’t fantasizing for shareholders or op-ed writers, they’re seeing AI’s negative impacts unfolding in real time.

So thrilled that our MA student, who spent several years researching a biography of Capt James Fitzjames, is key to this remarkable discovery. Her research connected the Canadian scholars with Fitzjames' descendant. Congratulations, Fabienne! 'Finding Fitzjames', indeed!

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