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Spotify is no longer just a streaming app, it's a social network
Sarah Perez, TechCrunch, 2024/07/11

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This article is a follow-up on Spotify's recent launch of comments on podcasts and queries "whether Spotify will add something similar for music artists in the future," which I guess would make it the 2024 version of MySpace. The main thing to know about Spotfy, in my opinion, is that it tried to convert all of podcasting into a paid commercial space. I'm not sure it has been successful (I certainly don't use it) and it may become the victim of shifting tides as fediverse applications like NeoDB may be taking over the fan space for movies, music and talk.

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On the Ethics of Using AI in Survey Responses
Reflecting Allowed, 2024/07/11

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This might mean the end of a large percentage of research in education. What will we do if we can't depend on surveys? In this post, Maha Bali reflects on the ethics of using AI in survey responses. I can certainly understand her complaint, but if research depends on the subjects behaving ethically, then it is not on a very sure footing. Meanwhile, what should researchers do if they suspect AI was used? "I'll take the responses and analyze them and assume that, at least, the person agrees with what ChatGPT answered, but I mean, really? Really?" Really?

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Navigating the Future: Higher Education policies and guidance on generative AI
Catherine Barker, Artificial intelligence, JISC, 2024/07/11

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This article shares a number of AI policies for staff and students in the UK. It includes listings of documents, guides, and micro-courses. That is all.

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