EdTechSR Ep 340 Big Tech & Big Changes

Check out our Episode 340 from November 13, 2024! (Although this episode published instantly to YouTube, we are late getting this posted on edtechSR.com and our Substack…) Here are all the links we discussed in the show:

1. Google’s AI ‘learning companion’ takes chatbot answers a step further (The Verge 11 November 2024)

2. Announcing general availability of Google Vids: Our new AI-powered video creation app for work to help tell stories across your organization (Google Blog; 7 November 2024)

3. vids.new (URL shortcut to create a new Google Video)

4. Mac Mini M4… whoa! M4 Mac mini review: The first redesign in years hides incredible computing power (Apple Insider; 13 november 2024)

5. iOS 18.2 makes AirPods more powerful than ever, here’s why (9 to 5 Mac; 12 November 2024)

6. YouTube viewers guzzled 84 million hours of Presidential Election Day news (Fortune; 6 November 2024)

7. Racist text messages referencing slavery raise alarms in multiple states and prompt investigations (AP, 10 Nov 2024)

8. Bluesky crosses the 15 million user mark (The Verge, 13 Nov 2024)

9. Amazon starts drone deliveries in Arizona (The Verge, 6 Nov 2024)

10. book: Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI by Ethan Mollick

11. Wes’ Geeks of the Week: Descript and Wes is on TruthSocial?!

12. Jason’s Geek of the Week: Google Machine Learning Crash Course

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

1. OpenAI’s take on AI agents could come in January (TechCrunch; 13 November 2024)

2. I’m a neurology ICU nurse. The creep of AI in our hospitals terrifies me (Coda Story; 12 November 2024)

3. AI in Notepad?? Even Microsoft Notepad is getting AI text editing now (The Verge; 6 November 2024)

4. ElevenLabs has new “Projects” functionality

5. Freepik AI Generator

6. Vatican, Microsoft create AI-generated St. Peter’s Basilica to allow virtual visits, log damage (AP; 11 November 2024)

7. AI-powered tool may offer quick, no-contact blood pressure and diabetes screening (American Heart Association; 11 November 2024)

8. How Open Science and AI Are Advancing Hurricane Research (NASA, 12 Nov 2024)

9. Transform to Open Science (NASA)

10. Research: How Gen AI Is Already Impacting the Labor Market (Harvard Business Review; 11 November 2024)

11. The images of Spain’s floods weren’t created by AI. The trouble is, people think they were (The Guardian; 9 November 2024)

12. AI didn’t sway the election, but it deepened the partisan divide (WaPo; 9 November 2024)

13. The other election night winner: Perplexity (TechCrunch; 6 November 2024)

14. Misguided Apple Intelligence Ads (Tidbits; 11 November 2024)

15. The tiny tweak that could change YouTube forever (The Verge; 13 November 2024)

16. Google’s Gemini Gems are a hit, and they are getting even more powerful (Chrome Unboxed; 13 November 2024)

17. Google Slides gets a refresh with new, professionally designed templates (Chrome Unboxed; 9 November 2024)

18. These are the passwords you definitely shouldn’t be using (The Verge; 13 November 2024)

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