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Tech Talk Weekly Number 211

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Episode Number 211 – December 12th 2024 – 74 year

old mother, Whale births, Is something missing? Bricking your friend, and AI bad,
worse, and good.

 

 

This week's guest: Erin Purdy from Special Collections

 

Links to this week’s stories: 

 

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74 year old mother:

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c86w9n4jlvwo

Whale births:

https://coastalreview.org/2024/12/teams-take-to-sky-to-survey-north-atlantic-right-whales/

Maybe it is the lack of something?

https://www.psypost.org/neuroscientists-just-turned-a-major-alzheimers-theory-on-its-head/#google_vignette

Bricking your child’s friend:

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/12/startup-will-brick-800-emotional-support-robot-for-kids-without-refunds/

How do you know it is me?

https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/12/your-ai-clone-could-target-your-family-but-theres-a-simple-defense/

 

Chat bots are not your friend:

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/12/chatbots-urged-teen-to-self-harm-suggested-murdering-parents-lawsuit-says/

 

Bonus Article

AI granny

https://www.npr.org/2024/12/10/nx-s1-5220362/daisy-ai-granny-o2-fraud-spam-prevention

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