September 2025 Labor Market Update: The Squeeze on New Entrants Mirrors a Marketwide Decline
Sep 25, 2025 - Junior postings have declined alongside the overall hiring slowdown, while senior postings have seen modest growth.
Your Therapist’s Notes Could Become Fodder For AI
Sep 17, 2025 - Tech companies are marketing AI-based note-taking software to therapists as a new time-saving tool. But by signing up, providers may be unknowingly offering patients’ sensitive health information as data fodder to the multibillion-dollar AI therapy industry.
How the World is Using ChatGPT
Sep 15, 2025 - OpenAI partnered with Harvard economist David Deming, to produce an NBER working paper on how consumers are using ChatGPT
AI weather forecasting institute could shutter after funding cuts
Sep 4, 2025 - The Trump administration has proposed a 55% budget cut for the National Science Foundation, but Congress has yet to pass a budget.
Panama Playlists
Aug 28, 2025 - The Panama Papers revealed hidden bank accounts. This reveals hidden tastes.
Congress.gov’s API Has Gone Dark, Impacting Data Access
Aug 25, 2025 - An outage has halted automated access to congressional data, raising questions about whether the breakdown stems from a glitch or something more serious.
D.C.'s Data Dilemma: When Portals and Dashboards Aren't Enough
Aug 25, 2025 - A presidential order and police union claims have fueled doubt about D.C.'s crime numbers. This prompts a critical question for governments: What should open data portals share that can't be captured by numbers alone?
Data that taxpayers have paid for and rely on is disappearing – here’s how it’s happening and what you can do about it
Aug 18, 2025 - Detailed data that US government agencies collect and make available has underpinned research about people, medicine, science, crime, jobs, housing, climate and the economy.
Elsevier’s 121 million data point database is now searchable by AI
Aug 13, 2025 - Elsevier is going all in on AI and data. The latest release is an AI-powered search engine for its chemistry database, Reaxys.
Improved Map Accuracy in plotly.js with UN Geodata
Aug 12, 2025 - Plotly.js v3.1.0 introduces new maps based on UN geodata, replacing Natural Earth to better represent disputed and unclaimed territories.
Tracking Census Dataset Changes
See when the U.S. Census Bureau adds or removes datasets.
Reddit is restricting its availability to the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine
Aug 11, 2025 - The Internet Archive's Wayback Machine is the latest victim of Reddit's crackdown on data access.
Are Americans Worrying About the Wrong Jobs that Will Be Impacted by AI?
Jul 15, 2025 - This chart shows the share of AI experts/U.S. adults who think AI will lead to fewer jobs for various careers in the U.S.
Microsoft CEO says as much as 30% of the company’s code is written by AI
Apr. 30, 2025 - CEO Satya Nadella revealed the milestone in a conversation with Meta top boss Mark Zuckerberg.
The OMB Memo Shows That AI Can Be Governed
Mar. 29, 2024 - a new OMB memo signifies a pivotal shift towards AI enforceable regulation in the United States.
Student Data is the New Oil
Feb. 20, 2024 - Does the recent repackaging of University of Michigan public datasets suggest that research data should be closed by default?