Grateful for the collaboration with excellent researchers for this paper @orangechair.org, Gabe Maldoff, @solmg.bsky.social, @zevesanderson.com, & @michaelzimmer.bsky.social

Really exicted to finally see our paper in print: “Web scraping for research: Legal, ethical, institutional, and scientific considerations”
A great interdisciplinary effort with @m-dot-brown.bsky.social, @orangechair.org, Gabe Maldoff, @solmg.bsky.social, @zevesanderson.com
doi.org/10.1177/2053...

"When Is Scraping Legitimate? Ethical, Legal, Administrative, and Technical Considerations" by @m-dot-brown.bsky.social, @orangechair.org, Gabe Maldoff, @solmg.bsky.social, @zevesanderson.com & @michaelzimmer.bsky.social presents a framework for web scraping in social science research. 5/6

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Web Scraping for Research: Legal, Ethical, Institutional, and Scientific Considerations Scientists across disciplines often use data from the internet to conduct research, generating valuable insights about human behavior. However, as generative AI relying on massive text corpora becomes...

Excited to share a pre-print about web scraping for research! We're happy to receive feedback on how we frame this issue and try to build some paths forward for researchers. w/ @orangechair.org, Gabe Maldoff, @solmg.bsky.social, Zeve Sanderson, & @michaelzimmer.bsky.social arxiv.org/abs/2410.23432

A smartphone without apps? This AI assistant aims to replace them all If you liked Rabbit's R1, behold Deutsche Telekom's T Phone. The AI-powered prototype will be revealed at next week's MWC.

Post-app net? Deutsche Telekom showing off phone with AI agent to do everything. Found this via Süddeutsche Zeitung journalist fretting anew about the future of journalism. Yes, one should fret about the fate of content. But if journalism is seen instead as a service...
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