EdTechSR Ep 299 Truth Over Trickery

Podcast from July 26, 2023

Check out our Episode 299 from July 26, 2023! Here are all the links we discussed in the show:

1. GPT-4 is becoming less functional (Ethan Mollick, Twitter)

2. The Homework Apocalypse (Ethan Mollick, One Useful Thing; 1 July 2023)

3. What to Know About Claude 2, Anthropic's Rival to ChatGPT (Time; 18 July 2023)

4. Claude 2

5. AI learned from their work. Now they want compensation (Washington Post; 16 July 2023)

6. NotebookLM is Google’s new AI-driven notes app that is official as of today (Chrome Unboxed; 12 July 2023)

7. Apple Tests ‘Apple GPT,’ Develops Generative AI Tools to Catch OpenAI (Bloomberg; 19 July 2023)

8. Intelligence nominee warns generative AI poses threat to 2024 elections (Politico, 20 July 2023)

9. Fully AI-Generated Influencers Are Getting Thousands of Reactions Per Thirst Trap (Futurism, 20 July 2023)

10. Digital Avatars and Our Refusal to Die (LongNow, 21 July 2023)

11. ByteDance Releases CapCut Plugin For ChatGPT (Search Engine Journal, 15 July 2023)

12. The Once and Future ISTE (eSchool News; 13 July 2023)

13. Threads now has ‘tens of millions’ of daily users. But its honeymoon phase may be over (CNN Business; 19 July 2023)

14. Twitter replaces its bird logo with an X as part of Elon Musk's plan for a super app (NPR, 24 July 2023)

15. Wes’ Geeks of the Week: Autio and AI x Education Conference (Aug 5-6)

16. Jason’s Geeks of the Week: Conference Presentation Opportunities at NCCE 2024 and DLAC 2024 - Travel pro-tip: Airalo E-Sims

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

1. AI Detection Doesn’t Work (Ethan Mollick, Twitter)

2. Empower educators to explore the potential of artificial intelligence (Microsoft)

3. OpenAI’s ChatGPT Bot Probed by FTC Over Consumer Harms (Time; 13 July 2023)

4. More than 1,300 experts call AI a force for good (BBC; 18 July 2023)

5. Meta Unveils a More Powerful A.I. and Isn’t Fretting Over Who Uses It (New York Times; 18 July 2023)

6. Elon Musk announces a new AI company (CNN Business; 12 July 2023)

7. Google’s Bard prepares to add extensions, giving you useful travel and shopping power ups (Chrome Unboxed; 18 July 2023)

8. Maybe showing off an AI-generated fake TV episode during a writers’ strike is a bad idea (TechCrunch; 18 July 2023)

9. Microsoft 365 Copilot AI Tool Will Cost $30 Per Month (CNet; 18 July 2023)

10. Wakelet Legacy & Premium Plans (Wakelet; 5 July 2025)

11. Why has Wakelet introduced plans? (Wakelet)

12. How to tell if a gadget is secure? Look for this new government seal (Washington Post; 19 July 2023) 🎁Link

13. Why I use a Chromebook: It does what I need really well (About Chromebooks; 1 July 2023)

14. First look at the new Microsoft 365 Chromebook integration (About Chromebooks; 24 July 2023)

15. Fact Check-Online conspiracies link Pixar’s use of the number A113 with adrenochrome (Reuters, 18 July 2023)

Image attribution: “The Making of Harry Potter” (CC BY 2.0) by Dave Catchpole