In this episode of This Week in AI brought to you by the AI Australia podcast, Kobi and Natalie dive into wide-ranging discussions covering recent political events, traversing:
- The implications of the French and UK election outcomes, and their relation to technology.
- AI's role in the U.S. presidential elections
- Tech sector developments like Meta's Llama models, and the economic and environmental impact of AI advancements
- The intersection of AI with job markets, wealth distribution, and universal basic income studies, while also considering the cultural and ethical impacts of technological integration in corporate settings
- The recent global technology outage caused by CrowdStrike on Microsoft Windows
Links:
The Grimy Residue of the AI Bubble
Toby Murray: What really happened at CrowdStrike...
Business Insider: CrowdStrike CEO Has Twice Been at the Centre of Global Tech Failure
Lawfare: The CrowdStrike Outage and Market-Driven Brittleness
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