Week in Edtech 7/19/2024: $600B AI Investment Bubble, Karpathy’s AI Assistants, OpenAI’s 'Strawberry', Meta’s Largest Llama 3 Model, US ED Issues Guidance for AI Edtech Developers and More! Feat. Chris Hess of Pearson and Mark Naufel of Axio AI

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Join Alex Sarlin and guest host, Claire Zau, Partner at GSV Ventures, as they explore the most critical developments in the world of education technology this week

🎙️ Andrej Karpathy’s New Venture: AI assistants for education
🚀 Meta’s Largest Llama 3 Model Launch
🔍 Anthropic’s Push for Third-Party AI Evaluations
🍓 OpenAI’s new AI model under code name 'Strawberry'
💸 AI Investment Bubble: Navigating a $600B market shift
📉 LAUSD's $6M AI Chatbot Controversy
🤖 $2.3M Contract between the New Hampshire Department of Education and Khan Academy
📘 U.S. ED Issues Guidance for AI Edtech Developers
📊 Quizlet’s AI Survey: Higher education leads AI adoption
📈 Tyton Partners Report on Digital Learning Tools
🏫 KKR emerges as front-runner for Instructure Buyout
🎓 Salesforce AI Tools for HigherEd
💡 $20M Opportunity@Work Grant from MacKenzie Scott

Plus special guests, Chris Hess, Director of AI Product Management at Pearson and Mark Naufel, Founder/CEO of Axio AI

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