Week in Edtech 4/5/23: Byju's Valuation Haircut, ChatGPT Craze, $80K College Tuition and Tiktok, with Guest Kian Katanforoosh of Workera.ai

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In this episode, we speak to special guest Kian Katanforoosh, whose company Workera just raised a $23.5M Series B.

We also talk about:

AI Push and Pull

• Call for a pause on AI training met with skepticism
• Ed tech experts urge caution on ChatGPT’s student data privacy
• Italy blocks ChatGPT over privacy concerns
• Hello Dolly: Democratizing the magic of ChatGPT with open models 

Higher Ed's Price Hikes in the Face of Uncertainty

• Ivy League tuition costs over $80K
• A look at trends in college consolidation since 2016
• Rising Tuition? It’s Not About Sticker Prices
• Why are prices rising more for lower-income college students than their higher-income peers?
•  The Power of Microcredentials and America’s Higher Education Dilemma

TikTok Ban Debate

• TikTok hearing: CEO Shou Zi Chew testifies before US Congress amid looming ban – as it happened

Luben Pampoulov's Evaluation of Public Edtechs

• Learning with Copilots

Big Haircut for Byju's Valuation 

• Some Investors Cut Byju's Valuation (from $22B to $11B)
• Byju's Raising $700M on Original $22B Valuation