EdTechSR Ep 332 AI and CyberThreats

Check out our Episode 332 from August 7, 2024! Here are all the links we discussed in the show:

1. A neurological disease stole Rep. Jennifer Wexton's voice. AI helped her get it back. (NPR, 25 Jul 2024)

2. Human Reader (Chrome extension from ElevenLabs)

3. OpenAI Unleashes 'Advanced Voice Mode' Following ScarJo Controversy (PC Mag; 30 July 2024)

4. OpenAI co-founder Schulman leaves for Anthropic, Brockman takes extended leave (TechCrunch; 5 August 2024)

5. The SOS satellite calling feature on Apple’s latest iPhones can be literally life-saving: B.C. search and rescue group saves hikers stranded on a glacier from wildfire (CBC, 28 Jul 2024)

6. ‘You are a helpful mail assistant,’ and other Apple Intelligence instructions (The Verge; 5 August 2024)

7. Apple's AI Features Rollout Will Miss Upcoming iPhone Software Overhaul (Bloomburg; 28 July 2024) - paywall free version

8. Apple leads tech rout after Berkshire Hathaway sells more than half of its stake (Business Outside, 5 Aug 2024)

9. Now that Google is a monopolist, what’s next? (Verge, 6 Aug 2024)

10. Jason: ChatGPT Prompt Optimizer

11. Wes: New media literacy lesson: Influencers - Adobe Podcast - Descript

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

1. Bing’s AI redesign shoves the usual list of search results to the side (THe Verge; 24 July 2024)

2. Google Researchers Publish Paper About How Ai Is Ruining The Internet (The Byte; 4 July 2024)

3. Artificial intelligence isn’t a good argument for basic income (Vox; 22 July 2024)

4. The AI bubble has burst. Here's how we know (Mashable, 6 Aug 2024)

5. OpenAI tempers expectations with less bombastic, GPT-5-less DevDay this fall (TechCrunch; 5 August 2024)

6. OpenAI Seems Like It's Imploding! (Matt Wolfe; 6 August 2024)

7. OpenAI says it’s taking a ‘deliberate approach’ to releasing tools that can detect writing from ChatGPT (TechCrunch; 4 August 2024)

8. ​​Google pulls Olympics AI ad after backlash (WaOi; 1 August 2024)

9. Everyone Is Judging AI by These Tests. But Experts Say They’re Close to Meaningless (The Markup; 17 July 2024)

10. Meta's AI Studio Can Create a Copy of Your Favorite Influencer. Here's Why That Matters (CNet; 30 July 2024)

11. What do people really ask chatbots? It’s a lot of sex and homework (Washington Post, 4 Aug 2024) - paywall free Archive.today link

12. Large language models can do jaw-dropping things. But nobody knows exactly why. (MIT Technology Review, 4 March 2024) - audio version available

13. AI music startup Suno claims training model on copyrighted music is ‘fair use’ (Techcrunch, 1 Aug 2024)

14. YouTuber files class action suit over OpenAI’s scrape of creators’ transcripts (Tech Crunch; 5 August 2024)

15. Automattic launches AI writing tool that aims to make WordPress blogs more readable and succinct (TechCrunch; 7 August 2024)

16. Apple to Adopt Voluntary AI Safeguards Established by Biden (Bloomberg; 26 July 2024) AltLink

17. 3 new Chrome AI features for even more helpful browsing (Google Blog; 1 August 2024)

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