Check out our Episode 313 from December 13, 2023! Here are all the links we discussed in the show:
Google’s Gemini Looks Remarkable, But It’s Still Behind OpenAI (Bloomberg; 7 December 2023)
Google admits AI viral video was edited to look better (BBC; 8 December 2023)
Imagen 2 on Vertex AI is now generally available (Google Blog)
Gemini now live for developers with free access via Google AI Studio (9 to 5 Google; 13 December 2023)
Grok is a woke, crypto-loving insult comic according to X users (Mashable; 9 December 2023)
This A.I. Subculture’s Motto: Go, Go, Go (New York Times; 10 December 2023) – 🎁Link
EU AI ACT CHEAT SHEET (Oliver Patel via LinkedIn; 11 December 2023)
The EU Just Passed Sweeping New Rules to Regulate AI (Wired, 8 Dec 2023)
Threads will let you push fact-checked posts further down your feed (The Verge; 13 December 2023)
Threads starts testing ActivityPub support for integration with Mastodon and more (9 to 5 Mac; 13 December 2023)
‘Problematic pockets’: How Discord became a home for extremists (Washington Post, 12 Dec 2023) #GiftLink
Parent and consumer groups warn against ‘naughty tech toys’ (NPR, 13 Dec 2023)
Local police should not be your go-to source for iPhone safety news (Vox; 29 November 2023)
Now Microsoft PowerPoint for the web can add videos with closed captions (THe Verge; 13 December 2023)
Microsoft is Launching an Extended Security Update Program for Windows 10 (Thurott.com; 5 December 2023)
Plot Twist: Windows 10 Extended Security Update Program is Coming to Consumers Too (Thurrott; 5 December 2023)
Google’s App Store Is an Illegal Monopoly, Says Jury in Epic Trial (Gizmodo, 12 Dec 2023)
Wes’ Geeks of the Week: DotSocial Podcast by Mike McCue: “ActivityPub and the End of Walled Gardens, with Evan Prodromou” – Introducing VCam for Mac (Beta)
Jason’s Geek of the Week: Using LLMs locally on iPad or iPhone
Here are the links which made our show notes Google Doc, but we didn’t have time to discuss:
Plagiarism doesn’t need AI to thrive online (Vox; 7 December 2023)
What do AI chatbots really mean for students and cheating? (Stanford Graduate School of Education; 31 October 2023)
Microsoft Copilot is Getting GPT-4 Turbo, New DALL-E 3 Model, And More (Thurott; 5 December 2023)
We’re still in a fight for survival when it comes to AI safety (Vox; 13 December 2023)
E.U. reaches deal on landmark AI bill, racing ahead of U.S. (WaPo; 8 December 2023)
Distribution of dialogue in selected Disney movies worldwide as of April 2016, by gender (Statista, April 2016)
Wes’ upcoming Jan/Feb 6 week online course: “Teaching the Conspiracies” in the MediaEd Forum, Jan 12-13, 2024
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