The Week in Review: Spring Break Edition

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With Easter weekend approaching, many educators are in the thick of overlapping spring breaks. The same here, and thus this week's post will be a pared down and "unsorted" edition.

The headlines continue in the direction of seeking better governance support and careful pacing of innovation. Below, you'll also find links to stories that are adjacent to our cause of making sure emerging edtech is SAFE. These stories may even have more applicability to your own work, as they cover the breadth of how AI is impacting other sectors, a useful preview before they shape a user's experience in edtech. Enjoy, and as always, reach out with your own thoughts to include!:

• Biden says it remains to be seen whether AI is dangerous | Reuters

• AI is entering an era of corporate control - The Verge

• ChatGPT banned in Italy over privacy concerns - BBC News

• The letter against AI is a power grab by the centralized elites

• Is AI Coming for Coders First?

• Clearview AI Scraped 30 Billion Images From Facebook to Share With Police

• Study uncovers social cost of using AI in conversations | Cornell Chronicle

• TikTok fined £12.7m for misusing children’s data - BBC News

• The Rise of AI Taylor Swift - The Atlantic

• Ethics & Integrity Charter, LLM-Based AI | Project Voice

• Perspectives | In Conversation with Chris Dede: The Role of Classic AI and Generative AI in EdTech and Workforce Development

• ChatGPT: The Modern Age Renaissance. | by Om Kamath | Apr, 2023 | Level Up Coding

• Let’s Look at LLMs: Understanding Data Flows and Risks in the Workplace - Future of Privacy Forum