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July 30, 2026 — In addition to this week's NewsBreaks article and the monthly NewsLink Spotlight, Information Today, Inc. (ITI) offers Weekly News Digests that feature recent product news and company announcements. Watch for additional coverage to appear in the next print issue of Information Today.

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TechCrunch Shares How Libraries Are Helping People Think Critically About AI

Amanda Silberling writes the following in “Librarians Are Hosting Viral ‘Avoiding AI’ Workshops for People Who Are Fed Up With Big Tech” for TechCrunch:

AI naysayers know that this technology is far broader than just chatbots and deepfake apps. [Maine librarian Hannah] Cyrus mentioned how useful optical character recognition is for scanning old documents at the library. But for her and the people who go to her workshops, the anti-AI movement isn’t about rejecting technology altogether so much as it is about advocating for more control, agency, and freedom in how people use technology.

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