Week in Edtech 05/29/2024: OpenAI Announces a New Safety Board, Anthropic's LLM Mapping, New Chromebooks with GenAI for Educators, Guild Education Layoffs, Microsoft Partners with Khan Academy on AI Tools and More!
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Join Alex Sarlin and Ben Kornell as they explore the most critical developments in the world of education technology this week:
🚨 OpenAI announces a new safety board, strikes a $250M content deal with News Corp, and begins training its next flagship AI model
🚀 Anthropic unveils a new method to map large language models
💻 New AI-enhanced Chromebooks are launched for educators
🤝 Microsoft partners with Khan Academy to develop AI educational tools
📉 Guild Education lays off a quarter of its workforce
📊 An edtech firm seeks $515M in Abu Dhabi’s first 2024 IPO
💡 Praktika raises $35.5M for AI avatar language learning
📈 NCAA agrees to a $2.8B settlement for athletes over NIL rights
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