EdTechSR Ep 301 Adjusting to AI

Podcast from August 16, 2023

Check out our Episode 301 from August 16, 2023! Here are all the links we discussed in the show:

1. Pearson eyes AI revenue growth but concedes some tools are imports of ChatGPT (Evening Standard; 31 July 2023)

2. Project Gemini: Google wants to dethrone ChatGPT and others with yet another secret AI initiative (Chrome Unboxed; 16 August 2023)

3. ChatGPT can now remember who you are and what you want (The Verge; 20 July 2023)

4. Outstanding Larry Lessig #AnotherWay [PODCAST] “Taking Seriously The Threats Posed by A.I., with Tristan Harris”

5. Family rescued from wildfires in Maui thanks to iPhone’s Emergency SOS via Satellite (9to5Mac, 9 Aug 2023)

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

7. Why has Wakelet introduced plans? (Wakelet)

8. A better internet for readers (SubStack, 10 Aug 2023)

9. Far-right Patriot Front members sue leftist activist for allegedly leaking their identities (Seattle Times, 8 Aug 2023)

10. Wes’ Geeks of the Week: stelfiett.com – Personal ChatGPT Use Examples: Spreadsheet formulas – Assessment Rubric – AI Generated video with pictory.ai 

11. Jason’s Geek of the Week: www.upscale.media

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

1. Forget subtitles: YouTube now dubs videos with AI-generated voices (Rest of World; 27 July 2023)

2. Microsoft AI Subscription: A New Era In Productivity Tools (AutoGPT; 19 July 2023)

3. In Praise of Boring AI (One Useful Thing from Ethan Mollick; 2 August 2023)

4. GPT detectors are biased against non-native English writers (Arxiv; 10 July 2023)

5. Montana Digital Academy offering new Artificial Intelligence course to high school students (KPAX; 16 August 2023)

6. Researchers figure out how to make AI misbehave, serve up prohibited content (ArsTechnica, 2 Aug 2023)

7. The Google Assistant is getting a big reboot around generative AI (ArsTechnica, 1 Aug 2023)

8. Is your data safe with Google’s generative AI? Here’s what you need to know (Chrome Unboxed; 15 August 2023)

9. Microsoft brings Bing AI support to Google Chrome, adds dark mode too (9 to 5 Google; 24 July 2023)

10. Dungeons & Dragons tells illustrators to stop using AI to generate artwork for fantasy franchise (AP, 6 Aug 2023)

11. Google says it will take nearly a year to fully decouple Chrome from ChromeOS (Chrome Unboxed; 10 August 2023)

12. Google opens eSignature beta for Google Docs and Google Drive (TechCrunch; 9 August 2023)

13. Google is 25 Years Old!!! (Android Police; 8 August 2023)

14. Google is set to increase the frequency of Chrome updates to bolster security (Chrome Unboxed; 14 August 2023)

15. TikTok launches text-only posts to rival Elon Musk's Twitter (Reuters, 25 July 2023)

16. X sues hate speech researchers whose “scare campaign” spooked Twitter advertisers (ArsTechnica, 1 Aug 2023)

17. NASCAR driver Noah Gragson suspended from racing due to social media conduct (CNN, 5 Aug 2023)

18. The Dream Was Universal Access to Knowledge. The Result Was a Fiasco. (NYTimes, 13 Aug 2023) #GiftLink

19. Record Labels File $412 Million Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Against Internet Archive (Rolling Stone, 12 Aug 2023)

20. Can Tech Save Democracy? With Rose Jackson (Openweb Podcast, 8 Aug 2023)

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