Check out our Episode 291 from April 26, 2023! Here are all the links we discussed in the show:
Discord member details how documents leaked from closed chat group (Washington Post, 12 April 2023) gift link
From DrakeGPT to Infinite Grimes, AI-generated music strikes a chord (Tech Crunch; 26 April 2023)
Google will reportedly release new AI-powered search tools next month (The Verge; 17 April 2023)
iPhone 14’s Emergency SOS via Satellite saves the day for Utah college kids trapped in 500-foot deep canyon (9to5Mac, 24 Apr 2023)
Chinese Company Ditches Human Creatives for ChatGPT-Style AI (PC Magazine, 15 Apr 2023)
OpenAI will let you turn off your chat history in ChatGPT (The Verge; 25 April 2023)
[VIDEO] AI Required: Teaching in a New World with Ethan Mollick (YouTube: ASU+GSV 2023, 23 April 2023)
Schools bought millions of Chromebooks in 2020 — and three years later, they’re starting to break (The Verge; 21 April 2023)
Google may stop forcing Android apps on Chromebooks out of the box (Chrome Unboxed; 3 April 2023)
We’s Geeks of the Week: Scratch Day - 13 May 2023! - Google Search “3 Dots Trick”
Jason’s Geeks of the Week: Eightify AI and Innovation Runs Through It
Here are the links which made our show notes Google Doc, but we didn’t have time to discuss:
FBI warning: Don’t use free public phone charging stations (Orange County Register, 10 Apr 2023) - USB Data Blocker
How to Remove Your Personal Info From Google's Search Results (Wired, 1 May 2022) (archive.today version)
Apple releases last week’s security patches for older iPhones, iPads, and Macs (ArsTechnica, 10 April 2023)
Cybersecurity Nightmare in Japan Is Everyone Else’s Problem Too (Bloomberg, 17 Apr 2023)
Has Multi-Factor Authentication Failed Us? (PC Magazines; 26 April 2023)
New bill would add mandatory age verification to social networks (The Verge; 26 April 2023)
A 13-year-old was groomed publicly on Twitter and kidnapped, even after his parents warned authorities (NBC News, 26 Apr 2023)
University of California Berkeley law school rolls out AI policy ahead of final exams (Reuters; 20 April 2023)
EPIC ChatGPT Prompts for Research (Andy Stapleton, YouTube)
ChatGPT falsely accused me of sexually harassing my students. Can we really trust AI? (USA Today, 3 Apr 2023)
Microsoft’s rolling out Edge’s AI image generator to everyone (The Verge, 7 Apr 2023)
We are hurtling toward a glitchy, spammy, scammy, AI-powered internet (MIT Technology Review; 4 April 2023)
Biden eyes AI dangers, says tech companies must make sure products are safe (Reuters; 4 April 2023)
AI Video Generators Are Nearing a Crucial Tipping Point (Wired; 6 April 2023)
Microsoft’s rolling out Edge’s AI image generator to everyone (The Verge; 7 April 2023)
ChatGPT and Google Bard studies show AI chatbots can’t be trusted (Tech Radar; 5 April 2023)
A professor says he's stunned that ChatGPT went from a D grade on his economics test to an A in just 3 months (Insider; 26 March 2023)
Midjourney Ends Free Trials After Fake AI Images go Viral (PetaPixel; 30 March 2023)
Clearview AI scraped 30 billion images from Facebook and other social media sites and gave them to cops: it puts everyone into a 'perpetual police line-up' (Insider 2 April 2023)
Someone keeps accusing fanfiction authors of writing their fic with AI, and nobody knows why (The Verge; 7 April 2023)
Photographer admits prize-winning image was AI-generated (Huff Post 19 April 2023)
AI is flooding the workplace, and workers love it (Vox; 10 April 2023)
The Ruling That Threatens the Future of Libraries (The Atlantic, 9 Apr 2023)
China Gears Up for Cognitive Warfare (DefenseOne, 7 April 2023)
Texas: County May Close Its Libraries Rather Than Restore Banned Books (Diane Ravitch, 12 Apr 2023)
[PODCAST] The Most Amazing — and Dangerous — Technology in the World (Ezra Klein Show, 4 April 2023) - Thread
Google issuing Chromebooks to employees as part of cost-cutting measures (9 to 5 Google; 3 April 2023)
Google will shut down Currents, the work-focused Google Plus replacement (The Verge; 12 April 2023)
CTL launches next-gen Chomebox CBX3 with a 13th Gen Intel Core i7 (Chrome Unboxed; 14 April 2023)
9to5Google Log Out: Streaming should replace native Android apps on Chromebooks (9 to 5 Google; 7 April 2023)
Microsoft’s current AI dominance is thrilling the company’s diehard fans (Vox; 12 April 2023)
Microsoft 365 apps are moving to the cloud.microsoft domain (The Verge; 26 April 2023)
Image Attribution: "Chromebook Cart Setup" (CC BY 2.0) by Wesley Fryer