This week Jonah asks Smera the real take-aways from the UK's AI Safety Summit have been, what are the risks, regs and ethics behind using large language models for homework and lesson planning and the technical secrets behind the new Beatles track.

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Episode 4 sources

AI Safety Summit:  

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/nov/03/rishi-sunak-elon-musk-ai-summit-what-we-learned  

https://news.sky.com/story/joe-biden-to-unveil-sweeping-ai-regulations-days-before-skipping-rishi-sunaks-safety-summit-12996617 

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2400834-what-did-the-uks-ai-safety-summit-actually-achieve/ 

https://www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/resource/foundation-models-explainer/ 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-67172229 

AI in academia and childrens rights - 

https://www.nature.com/articles/s42254-023-00581-4 

https://www.turing.ac.uk/research/research-projects/exploring-childrens-rights-and-ai 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-67236732 

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/oct/31/educators-teachers-ai-learning-classrooms-misuse 

https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26034613-400-lets-use-ai-to-rethink-education-instead-of-panicking-about-cheating/ 

The Beatles and chatbot relationships 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-65881813 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-63226914 

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/oct/26/the-beatles-final-song-now-and-then-ai-technology#:~:text=In%20June%2C%20McCartney%20told%20BBC,you%20some%20sort%20of%20leeway.%E2%80%9D 

https://www.thebeatles.com/today-learn-full-story-behind-now-and-then-watch-documentary-730pm-gmt-330pm-edt-1230pm-pdt 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/03/30/replika-ai-chatbot-update/ 

https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3py9j/ai-companion-replika-erotic-roleplay-updates 

https://www.makeuseof.com/how-does-replika-chatbot-work/ 

Optimistic about 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-67264350 

Word of Year -  

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-67271252