Bonnie Wildie
@bonniewildie.bsky.social
Libraries, archives, history.
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“AI models not only point some users to false sources but also cause problems for researchers and librarians, who end up wasting their time looking for requested nonexistent records…”
AI Slop Is Spurring Record Requests for Imaginary Journals
The International Committee of the Red Cross warned that artificial intelligence models are making up research papers, journals and archives
www.scientificamerican.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:30 PM
“AI models not only point some users to false sources but also cause problems for researchers and librarians, who end up wasting their time looking for requested nonexistent records…”
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Folks might not know a lot of people are getting *very* upset that the materials they request are not available in the libraries/archives they're requesting from.
We're getting lots here at the Library of Virginia: requests of documents likely surfaced by large language models that *do not exist*.
We're getting lots here at the Library of Virginia: requests of documents likely surfaced by large language models that *do not exist*.
I wish a notice like this wasn't necessary.
www.icrc.org/en/article/i...
www.icrc.org/en/article/i...
Important notice: AI-generated archival references
www.icrc.org
December 8, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Folks might not know a lot of people are getting *very* upset that the materials they request are not available in the libraries/archives they're requesting from.
We're getting lots here at the Library of Virginia: requests of documents likely surfaced by large language models that *do not exist*.
We're getting lots here at the Library of Virginia: requests of documents likely surfaced by large language models that *do not exist*.
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comparia.beta.gouv.fr is so awesome for AI literacy - it makes it so easy to get a sense of different models, rate their responses on accuracy etc, then see what the models were and how they compare, plus the carbon footprint of your queries (as on the screenshot) #FF2025
December 4, 2025 at 12:01 PM
comparia.beta.gouv.fr is so awesome for AI literacy - it makes it so easy to get a sense of different models, rate their responses on accuracy etc, then see what the models were and how they compare, plus the carbon footprint of your queries (as on the screenshot) #FF2025
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I wish a notice like this wasn't necessary.
www.icrc.org/en/article/i...
www.icrc.org/en/article/i...
Important notice: AI-generated archival references
www.icrc.org
December 8, 2025 at 1:27 AM
I wish a notice like this wasn't necessary.
www.icrc.org/en/article/i...
www.icrc.org/en/article/i...
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To propose that GenAI can compensate for "archival silences" perverts Trouillot's work. It's is a contradiction to say that a product whose logic exacerbates power imbalances--creating a most-likely guess based on the existing record--can restore absences that are the product of those imbalances.
December 6, 2025 at 8:59 PM
To propose that GenAI can compensate for "archival silences" perverts Trouillot's work. It's is a contradiction to say that a product whose logic exacerbates power imbalances--creating a most-likely guess based on the existing record--can restore absences that are the product of those imbalances.
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When David Alejandro Sánchez Gómez photographed this orchid in Colombia, he didn't know how special it would turn out to be. 🧵⤵️
December 4, 2025 at 11:29 PM
When David Alejandro Sánchez Gómez photographed this orchid in Colombia, he didn't know how special it would turn out to be. 🧵⤵️
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Sydney Water has estimated up to 250 megalitres a day will be needed to service datacentres planned by 2035, more than Canberra's entire drinking water.
Second feature with @petrastock.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Second feature with @petrastock.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Thirsty work: how the rise of massive datacentres strains Australia’s drinking water supply
The demand for use in cooling in Sydney alone is expected to exceed the volume of Canberra’s total drinking water within the next decade
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Sydney Water has estimated up to 250 megalitres a day will be needed to service datacentres planned by 2035, more than Canberra's entire drinking water.
Second feature with @petrastock.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Second feature with @petrastock.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Somebody asked about this on another platform – and I'm once again grateful to libraries for reinvigorating anti-algorithmic means of discovery :)
They’re re-instituting the picture collection in the art department at the Free Library! (cc @dianakamin.bsky.social) www.instagram.com/p/C5rUmOzpxe...
December 3, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Somebody asked about this on another platform – and I'm once again grateful to libraries for reinvigorating anti-algorithmic means of discovery :)
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New from 404 Media: ChatGPT told a violent stalker to continue running his misogynistic and threat-filled podcast despite the “haters,” and to visit more gyms to find women. The man stalked women in multiple states, including touching and following from work
www.404media.co/chatgpt-spot...
www.404media.co/chatgpt-spot...
ChatGPT Told a Violent Stalker to Embrace the 'Haters,' Indictment Says
A newly filed indictment claims a wannabe influencer used ChatGPT as his "therapist" and "best friend" in his pursuit of the "wife type," while harassing women so aggressively they had to miss work a...
www.404media.co
December 3, 2025 at 5:37 PM
New from 404 Media: ChatGPT told a violent stalker to continue running his misogynistic and threat-filled podcast despite the “haters,” and to visit more gyms to find women. The man stalked women in multiple states, including touching and following from work
www.404media.co/chatgpt-spot...
www.404media.co/chatgpt-spot...
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Everything #GideonHaigh says. The unrepentant carelessness and spiritual emptiness of the library’s decision makers (and the government that put them there) is jawdropping: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I have a lifelong connection to Victoria’s state library – which is why I am aghast at its crude self-lobotomy | Gideon Haigh
If the ‘suits’ can come for the State Library of Victoria, they can come for anyone, and no public institution is safe
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Everything #GideonHaigh says. The unrepentant carelessness and spiritual emptiness of the library’s decision makers (and the government that put them there) is jawdropping: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I have a lifelong connection to Victoria’s state library – which is why I am aghast at its crude self-lobotomy | Gideon Haigh
I have a lifelong connection to Victoria’s state library – which is why I am aghast at its crude self-lobotomy | Gideon Haigh
If the ‘suits’ can come for the State Library of Victoria, they can come for anyone, and no public institution is safe
Pardon me that this is a little personal.
I first visited the State Library of Victoria aged 12. I held books retrieved from its mountainous stacks with trembling hands. Its stupendous card catalogue blew my schoolboy mind. Search my name in the modern electronic counterpart today and it appears 125 times, mostly for works I researched there. My 84-year-old mother has been a volunteer library tour guide for more than a decade. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:24 PM
I have a lifelong connection to Victoria’s state library – which is why I am aghast at its crude self-lobotomy | Gideon Haigh
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Flock accidentally exposed training materials and a panel which tracked what its AI annotators were working on. It showed that Flock, which has cameras in thousands of U.S. communities, is using workers in the Philippines to review and classify footage.
Flock Uses Overseas Gig Workers to Build its Surveillance AI
Flock accidentally exposed training materials and a panel which tracked what its AI annotators were working on. It showed that Flock, which has cameras in thousands of U.S. communities, is using workers...
www.404media.co
December 1, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Flock accidentally exposed training materials and a panel which tracked what its AI annotators were working on. It showed that Flock, which has cameras in thousands of U.S. communities, is using workers in the Philippines to review and classify footage.
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Can AI be ethical and transparent? At READ-COOP, the unique European cooperative behind Transkribus, we prioritise democratic control and purpose over profit.
Read Melissa Terras' (@melissaterras.bsky.social) thoughts on why this model is a global blueprint:
blog.transkribus.org/en/melissa-t...
Read Melissa Terras' (@melissaterras.bsky.social) thoughts on why this model is a global blueprint:
blog.transkribus.org/en/melissa-t...
Melissa Terras on why cooperatives are the future of AI
Discover why Melissa Terras believes cooperatives like READ-COOP represent the future of AI, fostering community-driven, sustainable technological innovation.
blog.transkribus.org
November 27, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Can AI be ethical and transparent? At READ-COOP, the unique European cooperative behind Transkribus, we prioritise democratic control and purpose over profit.
Read Melissa Terras' (@melissaterras.bsky.social) thoughts on why this model is a global blueprint:
blog.transkribus.org/en/melissa-t...
Read Melissa Terras' (@melissaterras.bsky.social) thoughts on why this model is a global blueprint:
blog.transkribus.org/en/melissa-t...
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I recorded a video for my #slvresidency on hacking the SLV website. It talks about looking beneath the hood of #glam websites to try and imagine alternatives & fix problems. https://lab.slv.vic.gov.au/resources/hack-website-video-tim-sherratt #libraries #digitalhumanities
How to 'hack' a library website – a video tutorial by Tim Sherratt | SLV LAB
Learn how to hack a web browser to view and access online collections in different ways
lab.slv.vic.gov.au
November 25, 2025 at 3:14 AM
I recorded a video for my #slvresidency on hacking the SLV website. It talks about looking beneath the hood of #glam websites to try and imagine alternatives & fix problems. https://lab.slv.vic.gov.au/resources/hack-website-video-tim-sherratt #libraries #digitalhumanities
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If you want to know more about how we built the cooperative that supports @transkribus.bsky.social, and how coops are a way to actually operationalise responsible AI, then please read our paper, which was the basis of my talk. This is about community open-research-europe.ec.europa.eu/articles/5-16
open-research-europe.ec.europa.eu
November 13, 2025 at 11:51 AM
If you want to know more about how we built the cooperative that supports @transkribus.bsky.social, and how coops are a way to actually operationalise responsible AI, then please read our paper, which was the basis of my talk. This is about community open-research-europe.ec.europa.eu/articles/5-16
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Would I could find a fine frog!
October 10, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Would I could find a fine frog!
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Woohoo! Great #digipres story @makethecatwise
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20251009-rescuing-knowledge-trapped-on-old-floppy-disks
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20251009-rescuing-knowledge-trapped-on-old-floppy-disks
A digital dark age? The people rescuing forgotten knowledge trapped on old floppy disks
From lectures by Stephen Hawking to the letters of British politician Neil Kinnock – it's a race against time to save the historical treasures locked away on old floppy disks.
www.bbc.com
October 10, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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Australian orchids suffer rapid pollination decline since the 1970s, study suggests
www.abc.net.au/news/science...
www.abc.net.au/news/science...
One hundred years of Australian flower data reveals pollination drop
Researchers behind a new study examining thousands of flower specimens collected over the past century say temperature increases could be behind a pollination decline in native orchids.
www.abc.net.au
October 7, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Australian orchids suffer rapid pollination decline since the 1970s, study suggests
www.abc.net.au/news/science...
www.abc.net.au/news/science...
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We have improved our links with the Allmaps project, so that any of our maps can be freely, collaboratively georeferenced and then brought back into our Georeferenced Maps viewer 🗺️
Learn more > maps.nls.uk/view/help/
#Georeference #MapMonday #Maps
Learn more > maps.nls.uk/view/help/
#Georeference #MapMonday #Maps
October 6, 2025 at 8:01 AM
We have improved our links with the Allmaps project, so that any of our maps can be freely, collaboratively georeferenced and then brought back into our Georeferenced Maps viewer 🗺️
Learn more > maps.nls.uk/view/help/
#Georeference #MapMonday #Maps
Learn more > maps.nls.uk/view/help/
#Georeference #MapMonday #Maps
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Hey! My post about my #slvresidency made it into the Editor's Choice section of the latest @DHNow: https://digitalhumanitiesnow.org
Digital Humanities Now – Community-Curated Content from the Field
digitalhumanitiesnow.org
October 2, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Hey! My post about my #slvresidency made it into the Editor's Choice section of the latest @DHNow: https://digitalhumanitiesnow.org
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📢 This looks like a great opener for the upcoming @ihr.bsky.social Digital History Seminar - "Digitising Death: Gender, Genealogy, and the Experimental Recovery of Women’s Histories in Early Modern Ireland"
👉 21 Oct, 5.30 pm, online, FREE
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
👉 21 Oct, 5.30 pm, online, FREE
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
September 23, 2025 at 10:00 AM
📢 This looks like a great opener for the upcoming @ihr.bsky.social Digital History Seminar - "Digitising Death: Gender, Genealogy, and the Experimental Recovery of Women’s Histories in Early Modern Ireland"
👉 21 Oct, 5.30 pm, online, FREE
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
👉 21 Oct, 5.30 pm, online, FREE
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
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Library of Congress has a really good planning framework: libraryofcongress.github.io/labs-ai-fram...
LC Labs AI Planning Framework - LC Labs AI Planning Framework
LC Labs has been developing a planning framework to support the responsible exploration and potential adoption of AI at the Library of Congress.
libraryofcongress.github.io
May 6, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Library of Congress has a really good planning framework: libraryofcongress.github.io/labs-ai-fram...
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Everything Open 2026 is Coming to Canberra!
The three day conference will have presentations on a range of open technologies topics from community members and project leaders.
Call for Sessions is now open 🧑🏫. If you have something to speak about submit your proposals today!
The three day conference will have presentations on a range of open technologies topics from community members and project leaders.
Call for Sessions is now open 🧑🏫. If you have something to speak about submit your proposals today!
Everything Open 2026 | Announcing Everything Open 2026
2026.everythingopen.au
August 12, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Everything Open 2026 is Coming to Canberra!
The three day conference will have presentations on a range of open technologies topics from community members and project leaders.
Call for Sessions is now open 🧑🏫. If you have something to speak about submit your proposals today!
The three day conference will have presentations on a range of open technologies topics from community members and project leaders.
Call for Sessions is now open 🧑🏫. If you have something to speak about submit your proposals today!
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New research could block AI learning from your online content www.csiro.au/en/news/All/...
New research could block AI learning from your online content
The method protects images from being used to train AI or create deepfakes by adding invisible changes that confuse the technology.
www.csiro.au
August 12, 2025 at 7:08 AM
New research could block AI learning from your online content www.csiro.au/en/news/All/...
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The dictionary is a living, breathing and evolving record of how language is wrapped up in who we are as Australians. It is vital we protect it.
👉 Read the full story: theconversation.com/the-anu...
👉 Read the full story: theconversation.com/the-anu...
August 9, 2025 at 4:49 AM
The dictionary is a living, breathing and evolving record of how language is wrapped up in who we are as Australians. It is vital we protect it.
👉 Read the full story: theconversation.com/the-anu...
👉 Read the full story: theconversation.com/the-anu...