• Report: “The Chatbot Optimisation Game: Can We Trust AI Web Searches?”

    From The Guardian:
    But what is pitched as a more convenient way of looking up information online has prompted scrutiny over how and where these chatbots select the information they provide. Looking into the sort of evidence that large language models (LLMs, the engines on which chatbots are built) find most convincing, three computer science researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, found current chatbots overrely on the superficial relevance of information. They tend to prio
  • A New Issue of Library Resources & Technical Services (Vol 68, No 4) is Now Available Online

    Table of ContentsVol 68, No 4 (2024)DOI: 10.5860/lrts.68n4
    ColumnsInclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access at LRTSRachel E. Scott, Michael FernandezCommunications on PracticeBook Challenges and Collection Development in Academic LibrariesCindy Hohl, Michael Fernandez, Rachel E. Scott
    Librarians Discuss Textbook Affordability as an Equity IssueRobert L. Butterfield, Christa Perez Bailey, Kendra Lake, Adriana Poo, Mitchell Scott, Allia Service, Rachel E. ScottFeaturesA Cohort Model Approach to Ad

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