Week in Edtech 01/18/2024: Duolingo Sheds Human Workers, Chatbot Teachers, Dying Unicorns and More! With Special Guest, John Rogers of TPG Rise Fund

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In this episode of Week in Edtech, Ben and Alex discuss:

1. AI

• Duolingo Sheds Some Human Workers As AI Threatens To Upend The $65 Billion Translation Industry
• Moral Panic of “Will Chatbots teach your children” is starting up:
  • “Will Chatbots Teach Your Children”
  • Your Child’s Favorite Teacher May Soon Be a Chatbot 
  • Two of Your Predictions for 2024 and Why They Are Probably Not Correct 

2. Edtech

• HolonIQ Removes 13 unicorns from its Edtech Unicorns list
• FETC is next week!

3. Workforce

• Indian Company Upgrad Education to Acquire Udacity for $80 Million, According to Local Media   

Special Guest:

• John Rogers, Partner at TPG Rise Fund