Check out our Episode 282 from January 25, 2023! Here are all the links we discussed in the show:
OpenAI and Microsoft announce extended, multi-billion-dollar partnership (ArsTechnica, 23 Jan 2023)
Five Days in Class with ChatGPT (Alperovitch Institute, Thomas Rid, 22 Jan 2023)
Microsoft’s new AI can simulate anyone’s voice with 3 seconds of audio (Ars Technica; 9 January 2023)
The AI Ethics War Will Make the Content Moderation Debate Look Like a Picnic (Observer; 20 January 2023)
Apple’s full-size HomePod is back with new features (ArsTechnica, 18 Jan 2023)
Apple Reportedly Delays AR Glasses and Puts All Hopes on Mixed Reality Headsets (GizModo, 18 Jan 2023)
Why It’s Okay to Buy A Mac With Only 8 GB RAM (How-to Geek; 17 January 2023)
The new Mac mini is proof that Google needs to rethink Chromeboxes (Android Central; 19 January 2023)
AT&T to pay out $60M settlement to thousands of customers (WBTV Charlotte, 20 Jan 2023)
I really hope Google doesn’t kill off “Assistant Memory” before it sees the light of day (Chrome Unboxed; 31 December 2022)
CES 2023 highlights an upturn in affordable Chromebooks (Chrome Unboxed; 10 January 2023)
Google Docs becomes a better listener with more accurate voice typing tools in its latest update (Chrome Unboxed; 10 January 2023)
The DOJ sues Google for ad dominance, wants to break company up (ArsTechnica, 24 Jan 2023)
White Nationalist and Nazi Nick Fuentes Is Back on Twitter (New Republic, 24 Jan 2023)
Supreme Court Poised to Reconsider Key Tenets of Online Speech (NYTimes, 19 Jan 2023) #GiftLink
OpenAI Used Kenyan Workers on Less Than $2 Per Hour to Make ChatGPT Less Toxic (Time, 18 Jan 2023)
You Toot Too, Right? – Twitter API fallout, Section 230, TikTok ban, tech layoffs, AmazonSmile RIP (TwIT Podcast, 23 Jan 2023)
Jason’s Geek of the Week: Dan Willingham’s New Book: Outsmart Your Brain: Why Learning is Hard and How You Can Make It Easy
Wes’ Geeks of the Week: AirTable of Pending Journalists for Verification on PressCheck and TextSplit for iOS
Here are the links which made our show notes Google Doc, but we didn’t have time to discuss:
Teaching In The Age Of AI Means Getting Creative (538; 23 January 2023)
Scores of Stanford students used ChatGPT on final exams, survey suggests (Stanford Daily; 22 January 2023)
Siri GPT-3 combo aims to create a truly smart voice assistant [Video] (9 to 5 Mac; 19 January 2023)
India blocks YouTube videos and Twitter posts on BBC Modi documentary (TechCrunch, 21 Jan 2023)
Inside Elon’s “extremely hardcore” Twitter (Verge, 17 Jan 2023)
Introduction new algorithm regulator and implications for financial sector (Lexology, 5 Jan 2023)
The clock is ticking on a TikTok ban (Vox; 17 January 2023)
Social Media Use Is Linked to Brain Changes in Teens, Research Finds (New York Times; 3 January 2023)
Brazil riots trigger widespread content bans on Facebook, YouTube (ArsTechnica, 10 Jan 2023)
Are we too worried about misinformation? (Vox; 16 January 2023)
How Finland Is Teaching a Generation to Spot Misinformation (NY Times, 10 Jan 2023) #GiftLink
The Staggering Cost of Cyberattacks: How Much Money do Businesses Actually Lose? (Astra, 22 Dec 2023)
All Delta passengers will soon get free in-flight Wi-Fi thanks to T-Mobile (9 to 5 Mac; 5 January 2023)
Elon Musk’s Starlink is only the beginning (Vox; 10 January 2023)
Journalism, media, and technology trends and predictions 2023 (Reuters Institute, 10 Jan 2023)
Important details about subpoena for web search history: Brian Walshe accused of gruesome online searches after allegedly killing wife Ana in Cohasset (CBS News, 18 Jan 2023)
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