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Types/classifications

6

AI Atlas (CNET, n.d.)
AI vs. machine learning (IBM, 04/10/2023)
Book: “Atlas of AI: Power, Politics, and the Planetary Costs of Artificial Intelligence” (Kate Crawford, published 04/06/2021)
Generative AI product tracker (Ithaka S+R, 03/07/2024)
Kate Crawford on “Atlas of AI: Power, Politics, and the Planetary Costs of Artificial Intelligence” (Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 05/05/2021)
Machine learning vs. deep learning (IBM, 03/31/2022)

K-12

3

How the BookmarkED/OnShelf app, created to help schools ban books, fuels them (BookRiot, 03/25/2024)
Sample guidance on staff use of generative AI for [Michigan] K-12 school districts (Michigan Virtual, 03/29/2024)
Your students are already using AI you’ve never heard of (Substack, 02/23/2024)

Optimistic/potential predictions of use

3

Making AI work for everyone (Edelman Trust Institute, n.d.)
Arc’s new AI browser features are an act of war against Google search (Gizmodo, 02/02/2024)
The art of prompt engineering: BU researchers explore how generative AI impacts human creativity in artistic communities (Medium, 03/18/2024)

Higher education

3

Evaluating AI literacy in academic libraries: A survey study with a focus on U.S. employees (UNM digital repository, 01/01/2024)
Flashing the hazard lights: Interrogating discourses of disruptive algorithmic technologies in LIS education (ALISE conference proceedings, 09/29/2023)
Universities build their own ChatGPT-like tools (Inside Higher Ed, 03/21/2024)

Predicted adverse usage

5

2023-2024 Workshop series on AI and climate change (Penn Program on Regulation, 09/21/2023)
AI will increase the number and impact of cyberattacks, intel officers say (Ars Technica, 01/25/2024)
Events that never happened could influence the 2024 presidential election – a cybersecurity researcher explains situation deepfakes (The Conversation, 07/17/2023)
How AI is quietly changing everyday life (Politico, 02/04/2024)
Misinformation reloaded? Fears about the impact of generative AI on misinformation are overblown (Harvard Misinformation Review, 10/18/2023)

Limitations of AI

3

10 modern ‘mechanical Turks’: When automation is just humans in disguise (Gizmodo, 04/03/2024)
Get ready for the great AI disappointment (Wired, 01/10/2024)
Why face recognition acts racist (DW Shift, 11/15/2019)

Actual positive usage

4

A museum is using AI to let visitors chat with World War II survivors (The Washington Post, 04/01/2024)
How a chatbot boosted graduation rates at Georgia State (Axios, 09/21/2019)
How AI and other technologies are making the world more accessible to the blind (WAMU/NPR, 01/02/2024)
Meet Virtual Virtual Dave (not a typo) (David Lankes, 12/05/2023)

Actual adverse usage

13

AI frenzy complicates efforts to keep power-hungry data sites green (The New York Times, 02/29/2024)
Corrosive AI: How the misuse of generative AI can rapidly damage the trust we place in our political leaders and institutions (Riley Lankes, 08/17/2023)
Do deepfake videos undermine our epistemic trust? A thematic analysis of tweets that discuss deepfakes in the Russian invasion of Ukraine (PLOS One, 10/25/2023)
Fake and explicit images of Taylor Swift started on 4chan, study says (The New York Times, 02/05/2024)
Generative AI: UNESCO study reveals alarming evidence of regressive gender stereotypes (UNESCO press release, 03/07/2024)
How persuasive is AI-generated propaganda? (PNAS Nexus, 02/24/2024)
How strangers got my email address from ChatGPT’s model (The New York Times, 12/22/2023)
Microsoft’s VASA-1 can deepfake a person with one photo and one audio track (Ars Technica, 04/19/2024)
One tech tip: How to spot AI-generated deepfake images (AP News, 03/21/2024)
Power-hungry AI is putting the hurt on global electricity supply (Ars Technica, 04/17/2024)
Scientific article with insane AI-generated images somehow passes peer review (Futurism, 02/15/2024)
The staggering ecological impacts of computation and the cloud (MIT Press, 02/14/2022)
Trump supporters target black voters with faked AI images (BBC, 03/03/2024)

Governmental and NGO policy regulations

2

State legislation and policy
- Governor Glenn Youngkin signs executive order on artificial intelligence (Governor press release, 01/18/2024)
NGO policy regulations
- (IFLA FAIFE statements, 10/2020)

Resources for teaching public librarians

10

Ontario Council of University Libraries machine learning/AI report and strategy (OCUL-TFMLAI interim report, 03/2024)
AI and machine learning (American Libraries, 03/01/2019)
Artificial intelligence blog series: Metadata generation for digital content (Library Technology Guides press release, 03/26/2024)
Beyond the hype cycle: Experiments with ChatGPT’s advanced data analysis at the Palo Alto City Library
Developing a library strategic response to artificial intelligence (IFLA working document, 11/20/2023)
Evolving AI strategies in libraries: Insight from two polls of ARL member representatives over nine months (Association of Research Libraries, 03/2024)
Inspiring Joy in the Library Ecosystem (David Lankes, 12/04/2023)
Looking towards a brighter future (University of Leeds Library News, 09/19/2023)
Practical applications of AI in libraries (Wyoming State Library, 02/09/2024)
The World of AI (American Libraries, 03/01/2024)

General public information

1

Open AI and Common Sense Media partner to protect teens from AI harms and misuse (Ars Technica, 01/29/2024)

Public discourse

11

Expert commentary, analysis
Predictions
Coverage of practical applications

Changes or modifications that have already occurred

2

A new study says AI is eating its own tail (Popular Mechanics, 10/20/2023)
Large language models can do jaw-dropping things. But nobody knows exactly why. (MIT Technology Review, 03/04/2024)

Ethics

4

Expert commentary, analysis specific to ethics

Resources for public librarians to teach the public

3

AI challenges for librarians (Research Information, 02/12/2024)
AI parade (Netherlands AI Coalition, n.d.)
Contemporary library and artificial intelligence technology (Alexandria, 02/05/2024)

Advances categorized by date

1

How some North Texas startups are embracing the surge in AI technology (Denton Record-Chronicle, 07/03/2023)

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