New York Times: #Google is Building an A.I. Fence Around the Internet It Once Championed (via @nytimes.com) www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/t... Archived Version archive.ph/fKkH6 #AI #GenAI #LLMs
Daniel Ayala
@danielayala.com
Security, privacy, photography, technology. Ann Arbor, Chicago, London
Massive investment in #highered #libraries here in #annarbor. Excited to see this news from the University of Michigan!
$175M #Library Facility By University of Michigan Planned on Former Christian College Campus (via @mlive.com / MSN) www.msn.com/en-us/news/u... #libraries
⭐️ ORCID Board nominations extended: 👉 https://info.orcid.org/nominations-now-open-for-orcid-board-elections-2027/ 📅 Nominations due 17 July!
Registration is open for #NISOPlus26 Global/Online! Join us to brainstorm ideas for tackling - AI provenance, attribution & usage tracking - Restoring trust in scholarly research - Barriers to accessibility in #ScholComm - PIDs & metada & more! Sign up by Aug 11 for the best rates!: niso.plus
Don’t forget that the @aadl.org Summer Game is live and well underway. On the way to get bagels today, I also got 1000 points thanks to the code outside the Westgate branch. (Sorry, no free codes here - go to your local AADL branch and get in the game!) All the details are at aadl.org/play
"Library Patron #Privacy in the Age of Artificial Intelligence" (New Report From @everylibrary.bsky.social) www.infodocket.com/2026/05/12/n... #libraries #GenAI #LLPs
New Report From EveryLibrary Institute: "Library Patron Privacy in the Age of Artificial Intelligence" - Library Journal infoDOCKET
From EveryLibrary Institute: As libraries across the United States rapidly adopt artificial intelligence tools and digital services, longstanding assumptions about patron confidentiality are being tes...
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Join our friends at All Hands Active to celebrate Arduino Days 2026! David "ishotjr" Groom will walk participants through the basics of development with the Arduino Nesso N1 and guide groups through their own projects. Saturday, March 28 at 2 PM at AHA! → https://bit.ly/41z2QB6
Arduino Days 2026 Workshop, Sat, Mar 28, 2026, 12:00 PM | Meetup
**Arduino Days 2026 Workshop: Build a Digital Weather Station, Tape Measure, or Dice!** *The first six registrants who attend get to take home an Arduino Nesso N1 and Modu
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🚀 Join the ORCID Community Town Hall on 25 March! We're hosting 2 sessions: 🌏 APAC @ 01:00 UTC + 🌍 EMEA/AMERICAS @ 15:00 UTC ✅ 2025 recap & 2026 plans ✅ Live Q&A—submit questions when registering ✅ Bonus: 2025 ORCID Annual Report Register now. #ORCIDEvents
ORCID Community Town Hall 2026
We are delighted to invite you to attend the ORCID Community Town Hall meeting on 25 March 2026. To accommodate our global audience, we’ve organized two separate instances of the event.
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⚠️ IMPORTANT REMINDER: The ORCID Registry (including Public and Member API and the ORCID Registry user interface) are undergoing maintenance 17 February between 13:30-14:30 UTC. Users may experience brief periods of slower performance or intermittent error messages. Apologies for the inconvenience!
Do you promise, Satya? Don’t tease me with such wonderful promises!!
AI boom could falter without wider adoption, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella warns
Watch my address on the ongoing federal presence in Minnesota: youtu.be/fGTsYXBWQgU
Governor Walz Addresses Ongoing Federal Presence in Minnesota
YouTube video by Office of the Governor of Minnesota
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We're looking for interested vendors with a range of vinyl or related gear for the one-day pop-up record fair on Saturday, April 18, at the Downtown Library. 🎶 APPLY TODAY: aadl.org/recordstoreday
It’s happening!!! My favourite font time of the year.
Mark your calendars…
After almost a year off, @securitydebate is back with a new episode! Life updates, AWS&MS outages as siren cry for business continuity and DR planning, and AI Data Centres vs NIMBYism. Audio: www.distillingsecurity.com/securitydeba... Video: youtu.be/E7O_KFc1Nss #podcast #securitydebate #infosec #ai
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New Preprint: "An AI-Powered Research Assistant in the Lab: A Practical Guide for Text Analysis Through Iterative Collaboration with #LLMs" arxiv.org/abs/2505.09724 #textanalysis
Happy election day, Canada 🇨🇦 You’re a great neighbour, and nearly all of us down here love that you’re your own, independent country! Elbows up!
Hear ye, hear ye! The AADL-hosted episode of @judgejohnhodgman.bsky.social is now available! Cases include: The allure of Columbus Whether a cruise is owed to a long-time friend The final destination of an heirloom ring Watch or download it today! www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqTb...
JJHO on Tour | Ep# 716: #RoadCourt Live in Ann Arbor
YouTube video by Judge John Hodgman
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It’s regional championship weekend here in Michigan! Trading in my #infosec hat for an event #photographer badge at the First in Michigan FRC State Championships! Good luck to all the teams competing this weekend! #firstinspires #robotics
🔍 You may be familiar with our annual Public Data File that we publish every October. But now, we've... https://www.shorturl.ma/zWIJG?utm_campaign=coschedule&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=ORCID&utm_content=ORCID%20Partners%20with%20Digital%20Science%20to%20Make%20Openness%20Even%20More%20Accessible
Happy International Love Data Week! 💚 📊 The #LoveData25 theme is "Whose Data Is It, Anyway?" All week we'll share about ORCID's views on data privacy + ownership. Embedded into our 10 founding principles is a respect for researchers' data. Learn more: ➡️ https://info.orcid.org/what-is-orcid/
Get ready to soar with Michigan Avian Experience! Join us for a raptor presentation, meet some superb owls and eagles, and learn all about their remarkable survival adaptations and behaviors. Saturday, February 15 at 2 PM at the Downtown Library. 🦉 aadl.org/node/634830
Hawks, and Eagles, and Owls, oh my! | Ann Arbor District Library
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