Fri. 05/31 – Why Not Just Kill Siri?

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🗓️ 31 May 2024

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OpenAI has a new “affordable” version of ChatGPT for universities and schools. They also are planning to get back into robotics in a big way. Behind the scenes, TikTok is forking its algorithm just in case. Why doesn’t Apple just euthanize the Siri brand? And, of course, the Weekend Longreads Suggestions. Links: OpenAI has a has a new version of ChatGPT just for universities (Engadget) OpenAI Is Rebooting Its Robotics Team (Forbes) OpenAI finds Russian and Chinese groups used its tech for propaganda campaigns (Washington Post) Apple Plans AI-Based Siri Overhaul to Control Individual App Functions (Bloomberg) Exclusive: TikTok preparing a US copy of the app’s core algorithm, sources say (Reuters) Spotify offers Car Thing refunds as it faces lawsuit over bricking the streaming device (TechCrunch) Weekend Longreads Suggestions: Disney Is Banking On Sequels to Help Get Pixar Back on Track (Bloomberg Businessweek) They Built a $100 Million Watch Empire. Then the Market Tanked. (WSJ) The Creator Of ‘Magic: The Gathering’ Knows Exactly Where It All Went Wrong (Defector) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Tech Mem Right Home for the final day of May 2024. I'm Brian McCullough today.
0:09.2	Open AI has a new affordable in quotes version of chat chippity for universities and schools.
0:15.1	They also are planning to get back into robotics in a big way.
0:18.4	Behind the scenes, Tik-Tok is forking its algorithm just in case.
0:21.9	Why doesn't Apple just euthanize the Siri brand, and of course the
0:25.9	weekend long-range suggestions?
0:27.5	Here's what you miss today in the world of tech. A bunch of open AI stories for you today. First up open AI has unveiled
0:38.2	chat gp t edu and affordable in quotes version for universities including
0:45.4	gpp t for oh access custom gp gp gp t creation and higher message limits than the free tier
0:51.4	quoting and gadget chatt gp t eu t eu is designed than the free tier. Quoting in gadget.
0:53.0	Chat GPT EDU is designed for schools that want to deploy AI more broadly to students and their campus communities, the company said, in a blog post.
1:01.0	Chat GPT EDU includes access to GPT 4-O, Open AI's latest large
1:06.0	language model that the company revealed earlier this month. Open AI
1:09.1	claims that the model is much better than its previous versions at
1:12.0	interpreting text, coding, and
1:13.8	mathematics, analyzing data sets, and being able to access the web. ChatGPT
1:19.2	EDU will also have significantly higher message limits than the free version of
1:23.4	chat gPT and allow universities to build custom versions of
1:26.7	chat gPT trained on their own data, confusingly called gPTs, and share them
1:31.8	within university workspaces. Open AI claims that conversations
1:35.3	and data from chat GPT EDU won't be used to train open AI's models. Although the
1:39.9	introduction of chat GPT in late 2022 initially raised concerns about academic
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