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