EdTechSR Ep 298 AI Overlords Loom

Podcast from June 14, 2023

Check out our Episode 298 from June 14, 2023! Here are all the links we discussed in the show:

1. Let us serve you, but don’t bring us down (Archive.org blog; 29 May 2023)

2. OpenAI reportedly warned Microsoft about rushing GPT-4 integration into Bing (Engadget; 13 June 2023)

3. Amazon cracks down on fake reviews with AI (BBC; 12 June 2023)

4. E.U. Takes a Step Closer to Passing the World's Most Comprehensive AI Regulation (Time; 14 June 2023)

5. The US Senate is working to get up to speed on AI basics ahead of any legislation (CNN Business; 8 June 2023)

6. Adobe is so confident its Firefly generative AI won’t breach copyright that it’ll cover your legal bills (Fast Company, 8 June 2023)

7. The best MacBooks for 2023: How to pick the best Apple laptop (Engadget; 13 June 2023)

8. macOS Sonoma drops support for another wide swath of Intel Macs (Ars Technica; 5 June 2023) - OpenCore Legacy Patcher

9. Here’s what Mark Zuckerberg thinks about Apple’s Vision Pro (The Verge; 8 June 2023)

10. Apple’s Face Computer + Crypto Chaos + How Teens Really Feel About Social Media (Hard Fork Podcast, 9 June 2023)

11. The best hidden ChromeOS features I use on my Chromebook (About Chromebooks; 13 June 2023)

12. ‘Minecraft’ for ChromeOS leaves early access, works on more machines (Engadget; 7 June 2023)

13. Dozens of popular Minecraft mods found infected with Fracturiser malware (ArsTechnica, 7 June 2023)

14. Jason’s Geeks of the Week: https://short.io/ - https://mizage.com/divvy/ 

15. Wes’ Geek of the Week: Whisperboard

Here are the links which made our show notes Google Doc, but we didn’t have time to discuss:

1. AI automated discrimination. Here’s how to spot it. (Vox; 14 June 2023)

2. University of Kansas Researchers Claim 99% Accuracy Detecting ChatGPT Fakes (Gizmodo; 8 June 2023)

3. AI doom, AI boom and the possible destruction of humanity (Venture Beat; 4 June 2023)

4. Generative A.I. Can Add $4.4 Trillion in Value to Global Economy, Study Says (New York Times; 14 June 2023) 🎁Link

5. Microsoft Says New A.I. Shows Signs of Human Reasoning (NYTimes, 16 May 2023) #GiftLink

6. Sparks of Artificial General Intelligence: Early experiments with GPT-4 (Microsoft Research, March 2023)

7. Google I/O and the Coming AI Battles (Stratechery, 15 May 2023)

8. Can we count on the government to do something about AI? (Vox; 16 May 2023)

9. AI poses risk to humanity, according to majority of Americans in new poll (ArsTechnica, 17 May 2023)

10. It’s Not Just About ChatGPT.  Other AI Technologies Are Heading to Schools (Education Week; 9 May 2023)

11. How Do We Ensure an A.I. Future That Allows for Human Thriving? (New York Times; 2 May 2023)

12. How Google is branding AI: Sparkles, Duet, and ‘generative’ (9 to 5 Google; 16 May 2023)

13. Amazon still doesn’t understand productivity tablets (The Verge; 14 June 2023)

14. Apple's Face Computer, Crypto Chaos and How Teens Really Feel About Social Media (Hardfork Podcast; 9 June 2023)

15. An anti-porn app put him in jail and his family under surveillance (ArsTechnica, 13 June 2023)

16. Google is getting a lot worse because of the Reddit blackouts (The Verge; 13 June 2023)

17. DeSantis ad uses fake AI images of Trump hugging and kissing Fauci, experts say (ArsTechnica, 8 June 2023)

18. 'Mr. Run and Jump' will be the first official cartridge for the Atari 2600 since 1990 (Engadget, 13 June 2023)

19. Meet the newest employee at Elon Musk's SpaceX. He's 14. (Business Insider, 10 June 2023)

20. Why the ‘Mother of Dragons’ at SpaceX left her job building rockets to work on nuclear fusion (CNBC, 10 June 2023)

21. Smart TV industry rocked by alleged patent conspiracy from chipmaker (ArsTechnica, 8 June 2023)

Image attribution: "Wide-angle view of the ALMA correlator" (CC BY 2.0) by European Southern Observatory