March 12, 2025 • 10 mins
We explore three major AI developments transforming our world: AI surveillance in schools, food technology innovations showcased at South by Southwest 2025, and the global politics of AI regulation.
• AI surveillance in schools expected to become a $3.2 billion market by 2028
• South by Southwest 2025 highlighted AI-driven food innovations
• Lab-grown meat industry projected to reach $2 billion by 2035
• AI Action Summit 2025 resulted in 58 countries signing declaration on responsible AI
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Speaker 1 (00:22):
Welcome back, architects.
This is your workweek NewsUpdate.
Today is March, the 12th, 2025.
We have a few different itemsto discuss today.
One is AI surveillance inschools.
We'll talk about that for alittle bit.
We recently had South bySouthwest 2025.
We'll talk about what wasdiscussed there and, last but
(00:45):
not least, the AI Action Summit2025.
Let's get started.
First up.
Let's talk about AIsurveillance in schools.
So, across the country, we'reseeing more and more schools
rolling out AI poweredmonitoring tools that can scan
student emails, messages,documents, all of this really
(01:08):
looking for signs of bullying,self-harm, threats, any kind of
violence.
And we're just seeing a lot ofschools that are now rolling
these surveillance AI itemsacross their district.
And so we have companies likeGaggle, goguardian, securely.
All of these companies areleading the charge in providing
(01:30):
AI driven tools that basicallycan flag potential risk.
Some people might see this as anecessary safety measure.
There are others that areadvocating or raising concerns
about student data security,false positives, even kind of
the risk of really oversurveillance of students,
(01:50):
particularly amongst Black andLatino students, who are already
disproportionately disciplinedin schools and can easily see an
environment where they aredisproportionately flagged by
these systems.
But this is a big, big businessopportunity.
Let's never ignore that.
The business side of this wholeequation pretty much equates to
(02:11):
the AI surveillance market foreducation, expected to hit $3.2
billion by 2028.
So you have school districtsspending millions on these tools
and several other privateschools that are spending a lot
of money on these tools over thenext coming years.
Even big names like Google andMicrosoft are integrating AI
(02:35):
driven security features intotheir platform investments and
all of this new activity.
One of the main questions wehave to ask ourselves really is
you know, are AI surveillancetools actually going to help
curve some of this violence, orare they just going to really
create a new set of problemswhere we are going to have to
(02:56):
defend statements and emails andmessages of students?
It's kind of a little give andtake, but it appears that the
use of AI when it comes to of alittle give and take, but it
appears that the use of AI whenit comes to surveillance inside
of schools and inside of theculture inside of schools is
going to start ramping up herevery, very soon.
All right, next up, let's shiftgears to the South by Southwest
(03:18):
2025 conference that was justrecently held, where the future
really this year of food andtechnology took center stage.
So this year, companies likeImpossible Foods, beyond Meat,
upside Foods they all kind ofshowcase how AI and biotech are
revolutionizing food production.
(03:41):
We're talking about AI-poweredsupply chains that can help
grocery stores reduce food waste, sometimes up to 40 percent,
thanks to these reallypredictive technology models
from startups like AfreshTechnologies and other different
companies.
Then you have the lab-grownmeat.
(04:03):
I know we've got a lot of folksout there that are into the
impossible meat and those typesof things, but you have the lab
grown meat, which is no longerreally you know.
Again just a concept.
These industries now areexpected to hit about 2 billion
by 2035.
And some fast food chains arealready testing cultivating
chicken and beef products.
(04:25):
Meanwhile, you have indoorvertical farming that's taken
off, with companies like PlentyAero Farms, bowery Farming all
of these companies using thesekind of AI controlled
environments to grow producewith less water.
There was claims even at theconference that they can grow
produce with 95% less water.
(04:46):
So all of this is excitingstuff.
It can be exciting stuff Not mepersonally.
I don't know about the labgrown meat, but the ability to
be able to have these verticalfarms and be able to produce
food of all types with lessresources has the potential for
a lot of different things.
And so the question again youknow that was raised at this
(05:06):
conference and you know acrossthe country, really across the
world will AI-driven foodinnovations actually eventually
lower cost for consumers?
I mean, that's really whatwe're talking about here.
It's going to lower cost forsomebody either the folks that's
producing this or the consumers.
But will we see cheaper foodsas a result of that, or will
(05:29):
they kind of stay exclusive tokind of the high-end markets?
So is that going to?
Will they kind of stayexclusive to kind of the high
end markets?
So is that going to besomething where you're going to
have to pay more to have theselab grown fruits and vegetables
and meats and things like that?
So we'll see.
And then you know, last but notleast, and we have to always
remember this jobs.
How is this going to impactjobs?
There are a lot of people on alot of jobs who are helping us
(05:51):
grow food in the quote-unquote,traditional way.
So how will this actuallyimpact those jobs all across the
country as restaurants andgrocery stores start to automate
with AI, and how would thatimpact just the overall food
industry.
So more to come on that.
And finally, let's let's zoomout a little bit.
Let's go a little global here.
(06:13):
The AI Action Summit 2025 justwrapped up and this summit
brought together 58 countries tosign a joint declaration on the
use of responsible AIdevelopment.
Responsible AI development allacross the globe, and the goal
(06:33):
really is to make AI accessible,transparent and ethical, which
is important.
I mean AI.
We're going to be using thisstuff for education.
We're going to be using thisstuff for work, for war.
So when we talk about the useof AI, making it accessible,
transparent and ethical, youwould think is just a no-brainer
(06:54):
.
So they had countries likeFrance, china, india, brazil.
All of them were on board withthese 58 countries to sign this
joint declaration on responsibleAI development.
However, they were two majorcountries that refused to sign.
One was the United Kingdom andthe other was the United States.
(07:15):
Both were citing concerns overglobal AI governance and
national security risks.
So this is a major kind ofmoment, because AI globally is
expected to contribute almost$16 trillion to the global
economy by 2030.
$16 trillion to the globaleconomy by 2030.
(07:40):
And every single nation in theworld wants to kind of shape the
rules to benefit their ownindustries.
So you have tech giants likeGoogle, openai and Meta, who are
obviously based here in the US,and then you have the US and
the UK refusing to sign thisjoint agreement on responsible
AI.
You have these tech giants thatare actually working on their
(08:03):
own AI governance framework,kind of hoping to stay ahead of
any government-imposedregulations, both domestically
and abroad.
But meanwhile you have othercountries, clearly, that are
coming together to sign thisagreement.
But you have countries likeChina, who's aggressively
expanding its AI investmentsthrough their in-house companies
(08:25):
, and obviously you haveconcerns around deepfakes and
cybersecurity and job automation.
All of these fears just kind ofcontinue to grow and grow and
grow on a global scale.
And so, you know, we have tokeep asking ourselves, you know,
should AI be regulated globally?
I mean, I would like to see itregulated globally, but can you?
(08:48):
You have open source AI toolsthat folks can use, so this can
be a random individual actor insome country, anywhere, right,
can technically use some ofthese AI tools to do things.
How do you regulate it?
At what level, in what nation?
These are all things that we'regoing to have to figure out, but
figure it out very, veryquickly here and again, a lot of
(09:10):
our listeners are here in theUnited States we have to ask
ourselves you know, will regretsitting this out in terms of the
global agreement Should we beat the table?
These are important discussionsor important actions that are
happening at a global scale, butAI will continuously become
more and more prevalent in ourlives and as consumers.
(09:33):
As consumers, it's criticalthat we kind of stay ahead of
this and understand howdifferent countries are
addressing these particular AIissues as they start coming on
board.
So that is it for this week'swork week news update.
Please do not forget to followus on Spotify, apple podcasts or
(09:54):
wherever you get your podcasts.
And until next time, keep upthe scratch work, keep building.
Bye.
Welcome back, architects.
This is your workweek NewsUpdate.
Today is March, the 12th, 2025.
We have a few different itemsto discuss today.
One is AI surveillance inschools.
We'll talk about that for alittle bit.
We recently had South bySouthwest 2025.
We'll talk about what wasdiscussed there and, last but
(00:45):
not least, the AI Action Summit2025.
Let's get started.
First up.
Let's talk about AIsurveillance in schools.
So, across the country, we'reseeing more and more schools
rolling out AI poweredmonitoring tools that can scan
student emails, messages,documents, all of this really
(01:08):
looking for signs of bullying,self-harm, threats, any kind of
violence.
And we're just seeing a lot ofschools that are now rolling
these surveillance AI itemsacross their district.
And so we have companies likeGaggle, goguardian, securely.
All of these companies areleading the charge in providing
(01:30):
AI driven tools that basicallycan flag potential risk.
Some people might see this as anecessary safety measure.
There are others that areadvocating or raising concerns
about student data security,false positives, even kind of
the risk of really oversurveillance of students,
(01:50):
particularly amongst Black andLatino students, who are already
disproportionately disciplinedin schools and can easily see an
environment where they aredisproportionately flagged by
these systems.
But this is a big, big businessopportunity.
Let's never ignore that.
The business side of this wholeequation pretty much equates to
(02:11):
the AI surveillance market foreducation, expected to hit $3.2
billion by 2028.
So you have school districtsspending millions on these tools
and several other privateschools that are spending a lot
of money on these tools over thenext coming years.
Even big names like Google andMicrosoft are integrating AI
(02:35):
driven security features intotheir platform investments and
all of this new activity.
One of the main questions wehave to ask ourselves really is
you know, are AI surveillancetools actually going to help
curve some of this violence, orare they just going to really
create a new set of problemswhere we are going to have to
(02:56):
defend statements and emails andmessages of students?
It's kind of a little give andtake, but it appears that the
use of AI when it comes to of alittle give and take, but it
appears that the use of AI whenit comes to surveillance inside
of schools and inside of theculture inside of schools is
going to start ramping up herevery, very soon.
All right, next up, let's shiftgears to the South by Southwest
(03:18):
2025 conference that was justrecently held, where the future
really this year of food andtechnology took center stage.
So this year, companies likeImpossible Foods, beyond Meat,
upside Foods they all kind ofshowcase how AI and biotech are
revolutionizing food production.
(03:41):
We're talking about AI-poweredsupply chains that can help
grocery stores reduce food waste, sometimes up to 40 percent,
thanks to these reallypredictive technology models
from startups like AfreshTechnologies and other different
companies.
Then you have the lab-grownmeat.
(04:03):
I know we've got a lot of folksout there that are into the
impossible meat and those typesof things, but you have the lab
grown meat, which is no longerreally you know.
Again just a concept.
These industries now areexpected to hit about 2 billion
by 2035.
And some fast food chains arealready testing cultivating
chicken and beef products.
(04:25):
Meanwhile, you have indoorvertical farming that's taken
off, with companies like PlentyAero Farms, bowery Farming all
of these companies using thesekind of AI controlled
environments to grow producewith less water.
There was claims even at theconference that they can grow
produce with 95% less water.
(04:46):
So all of this is excitingstuff.
It can be exciting stuff Not mepersonally.
I don't know about the labgrown meat, but the ability to
be able to have these verticalfarms and be able to produce
food of all types with lessresources has the potential for
a lot of different things.
And so the question again youknow that was raised at this
(05:06):
conference and you know acrossthe country, really across the
world will AI-driven foodinnovations actually eventually
lower cost for consumers?
I mean, that's really whatwe're talking about here.
It's going to lower cost forsomebody either the folks that's
producing this or the consumers.
But will we see cheaper foodsas a result of that, or will
(05:29):
they kind of stay exclusive tokind of the high-end markets?
So is that going to?
Will they kind of stayexclusive to kind of the high
end markets?
So is that going to besomething where you're going to
have to pay more to have theselab grown fruits and vegetables
and meats and things like that?
So we'll see.
And then you know, last but notleast, and we have to always
remember this jobs.
How is this going to impactjobs?
There are a lot of people on alot of jobs who are helping us
(05:51):
grow food in the quote-unquote,traditional way.
So how will this actuallyimpact those jobs all across the
country as restaurants andgrocery stores start to automate
with AI, and how would thatimpact just the overall food
industry.
So more to come on that.
And finally, let's let's zoomout a little bit.
Let's go a little global here.
(06:13):
The AI Action Summit 2025 justwrapped up and this summit
brought together 58 countries tosign a joint declaration on the
use of responsible AIdevelopment.
Responsible AI development allacross the globe, and the goal
(06:33):
really is to make AI accessible,transparent and ethical, which
is important.
I mean AI.
We're going to be using thisstuff for education.
We're going to be using thisstuff for work, for war.
So when we talk about the useof AI, making it accessible,
transparent and ethical, youwould think is just a no-brainer
(06:54):
.
So they had countries likeFrance, china, india, brazil.
All of them were on board withthese 58 countries to sign this
joint declaration on responsibleAI development.
However, they were two majorcountries that refused to sign.
One was the United Kingdom andthe other was the United States.
(07:15):
Both were citing concerns overglobal AI governance and
national security risks.
So this is a major kind ofmoment, because AI globally is
expected to contribute almost$16 trillion to the global
economy by 2030.
$16 trillion to the globaleconomy by 2030.
(07:40):
And every single nation in theworld wants to kind of shape the
rules to benefit their ownindustries.
So you have tech giants likeGoogle, openai and Meta, who are
obviously based here in the US,and then you have the US and
the UK refusing to sign thisjoint agreement on responsible
AI.
You have these tech giants thatare actually working on their
(08:03):
own AI governance framework,kind of hoping to stay ahead of
any government-imposedregulations, both domestically
and abroad.
But meanwhile you have othercountries, clearly, that are
coming together to sign thisagreement.
But you have countries likeChina, who's aggressively
expanding its AI investmentsthrough their in-house companies
(08:25):
, and obviously you haveconcerns around deepfakes and
cybersecurity and job automation.
All of these fears just kind ofcontinue to grow and grow and
grow on a global scale.
And so, you know, we have tokeep asking ourselves, you know,
should AI be regulated globally?
I mean, I would like to see itregulated globally, but can you?
(08:48):
You have open source AI toolsthat folks can use, so this can
be a random individual actor insome country, anywhere, right,
can technically use some ofthese AI tools to do things.
How do you regulate it?
At what level, in what nation?
These are all things that we'regoing to have to figure out, but
figure it out very, veryquickly here and again, a lot of
(09:10):
our listeners are here in theUnited States we have to ask
ourselves you know, will regretsitting this out in terms of the
global agreement Should we beat the table?
These are important discussionsor important actions that are
happening at a global scale, butAI will continuously become
more and more prevalent in ourlives and as consumers.
(09:33):
As consumers, it's criticalthat we kind of stay ahead of
this and understand howdifferent countries are
addressing these particular AIissues as they start coming on
board.
So that is it for this week'swork week news update.
Please do not forget to followus on Spotify, apple podcasts or
(09:54):
wherever you get your podcasts.
And until next time, keep upthe scratch work, keep building.
Bye.
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