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Tom Merritt sits down for part two of his conversation with Kevin Metcalf to talk about AI controversies in education for both students and teachers. 

Plus, Pixel banned in Japan and batteries banned on Chinese flights.Starring Tom Merritt and Jenn Cutter.Show notes can be found here.

Creative Commons launched CC Signals to do for datasets what it did for creative works, and Dr. Niki discusses why seals are learning to play video games.Starring Jason Howell, Jenn Cutter, Tom Merritt and Dr. Niki.Show notes can be found here.

The Fairphone 6 is out and Bart Busschots has a fair alternative for Pocket!Starring Tom Merritt, Jenn Cutter, and Bart Busschots.Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here.

Anthropic latest court ruling has big implications for the legality of training AI models with copyrighted works, and Andy Beach shows how individual creators are using AI like a paintbrush.Starring Jason Howell, Tom Merritt, and Andy Beach.Links to the stories discussed in this episode cn be found here.

Should Apple buy Perplexity, or some other company? Plus, we check with a French TV watcher about how they feel about Netflix streaming TF1 channels.Starring Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, and Patrick Beja.Show notes can be found here.

This weekend, Dr. Nicole Ackermans talks with Dr. Carly York about her new book The Salmon Cannon and the Levitating Frog, exploring how seemingly silly experiments reveal serious scientific breakthroughs.Featuring Dr. Niki and Dr. Carly York.

 Plus, you can now wear Meta’s Llama model in Oakley frames. Starring Tom Merritt, Huyen Tue Dao, and Andy Beach.Show notes can be found here.

Plus new AR glasses, a smart home hub from Eufy and more.Starring Tom Merritt, Jenn Cutter, and Patrick Schlott.Links to stories in this episode can be found here.