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November 5, 2025

Shaping the Future of our Past with AI: “Humans of AI” and World Digital Preservation Day

This week at Information Labs, we are celebrating a powerful convergence. Yesterday, November 4th, we premiered the first episode of our new video series, Humans of AI. Tomorrow, November 6th, institutions around the globe will mark World Digital Preservation Day. This timing is no coincidence. It's a statement. In a world grappling with the accelerating pace of artificial intelligence, the narrative is often one of disruption. However, for us and the global community of libraries, archives,...

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September 16, 2024

AI lab – AI in Action | Episode 03: AI Tokenization

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYMgVOAHO2A Let’s talk about AI tokenization in this third episode of our AI in Action series. The world throws a lot of crazy stuff at us these days, right? From self-driving cars to robots taking our jobs, it's enough to make your head spin. But today, I want to talk about something a little less scary and a whole lot more… well, let's just say "technical." It's called tokenization. Tokenization is actually pretty interesting, especially if you...

June 27, 2024

AI lab – AI in Action | Episode 02: AI Terminology

https://youtu.be/eAcS4gAfaiY Let's talk about AI terminology in the second episode in our AI in Action series. The AI term gets thrown around more than a beach ball at a summer picnic, and it’s not always clear what people are talking about. I mean, "AI" is to tech what "food" is to a grocery store – sure, it covers a lot, but a hot dog and a filet mignon are pretty darn different when it comes to...

May 7, 2024

AI lab – AI in Action | Episode 01: AI History

Caveat: This Artificial Intelligence (AI) timeline does not claim to be all encompassing. Many steps have led to the recent peak in attention for AI, and this story and the accompanying infographic aim to show that AI is not the new kid on the block. https://youtu.be/F8LDmH2nvys DOWNLOAD THE TIMELINE INFOGRAPHIC Today, we are kickstarting our AI in Action series by diving headfirst into the key milestones that led to the gradual deployment of Artificial Intelligence, or AI...