š Today, we're introducing Realtime: an analytics engine that automatically turns public data on everything from economics and politics to sports into live-updating charts and reports.
@RealtimeDotOrg - quite interesting "news in data stories" site, tracking key numbers across public opinion, environment and er, chess. Then using AI to distill trends into bite-sized stories. Mostly US data. (realtime.org)
Rat birth control? A new bill would deploy contraceptives in hopes of reducing the rat population and protecting wildlife from being poisoned.
Follow the data behind this story:
Daily rat sightings: realtime.org/data/nyc-rat-siā¦
Seasonally-adjusted rat index: realtime.org/data/nyc-rat-inā¦
We need to wrap up the war on rats!
But we wonāt get there by poisoning themāif we could, we already would have.
Itās time we tried rat contraceptives alongside trash containerization. Bonus points for reducing accidental poisoning of pets and wildlife.š¦shorturl.at/fAGOP
One of our most requested features has been the ability to compare across the data featured on Realtime.
Now it's possible.
Try our new chart creator tool to visualize the correlations and differences between data
Ivan KorÄok received the most votes in the first round of Slovakia's presidential elections today, setting up a run off with Peter Pellegrini on April 6
Chances of a TikTok bill being passed before the end of April have fallen significantly over the last week according to prediction markets.
Now at only a 7.5% chance.
We're migrating our automated updates to Discord. This will give people more control over notifications and subscription settings, and the ability to quickly give feedback.
We will continue to post product announcements and other updates here.
What large language model do people prefer most?
We're now tracking the ELO rating of top large language models on the LMSYS chatbot arena leaderboard. Two OpenAI models are currently at the top, although Claude 3 has been improving.
"AI news that's fit to print"
In his SXSW talk, @zseward discusses the good and bad of utilizing artificial intelligence and related technologies in journalism. There are great examples here, including a shout out to Realtime.
Read it here: zachseward.com/ai-news-thatsā¦