Over the weekend, Sam Altman was fired from OpenAI and a lot of tech news and tech drama unfolded over the last few days. Hackl and Kebler share their thoughts on OpenAI, Altman, and why the big losers of this news story are potentially the users. 

Hackl shares her first article published in the Harvard Business Review was just published and shares why it's about more than just mixed reality, it’s about the future of human-computer and human-to-human interaction, and yes, AI is at the core of Spatial Computing. The hosts also chat about Roblox’s latest virtual fashion report, and also how a TikTok makeup trend might be just a fad or could be the future. 

Hackl interviews Greg Kahn, CEO at GK Digital Ventures and President and CEO at Emerging Tech Exchange. Producer Lily Snyder brings you the Dispatch from the Fringe.

Show Notes:

• What Leaders Need to Know About Spatial Computing (by Cathy Hackl)
• A Wearable World (by Cathy Hackl & Lily Snyder)
• FIU and tech futurist Cathy Hackl announce the launch of Virtual Fashion Design Endowed Scholarship
• Roblox’s 2023 Digital Expression, Fashion & Beauty Trends Report
• TikTok Trend - makeup from the uncanny valley
• Swallowable device to track vital signs
• Scientists invent micrometers-thin battery charged by saline solution that could power smart contact lenses

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