AI’s “imminent threat to humanity”, plus the latest information science updates
- Author
- University of Michigan School of Information
- Published
- Fri 06 Jun 2025
- Episode Link
- https://share.transistor.fm/s/6e3ddcc2
Learn more about the stories you heard today:
- Paul Tudor Jones: AI poses an imminent threat to humanity in our lifetime (YouTube)
- Using AI to Write Fake Summer Reading Lists (NPR)
- How to Save Your Smartphone’s Battery Life (Pocket)
- Pocket’s Read-It-Later App Will Shut Down in July (Android Central)
Remove These Preinstalled iPhone Apps (Lifehacker) - How to Turn Your Old iPhone Into an Alarm Clock (Engadget)
Yuka (Official Site) - The Food-Scanning App Yuka Is Worrying Big Brands (WSJ)
- Agatha Christie’s Classic BBC Mysteries Get an AI Update (NYT)
- Agatha Christie Teaches Writing (BBC Maestro)
- YouTube’s Pause Ads Are Causing Ad Fatigue (Marketing-Interactive)
- YouTube TV Ad Spend Surges While Mobile Growth Slows (Tubefilter)
- Duolingo Deletes TikTok After AI Backlash, Returns With Strange Message (Fast Company)
- Merriam-Webster Hops on the Wordle Train With New Daily Puzzle Game (Digital Trends)
Revealed (Britannica Games) - Most of Us Will Leave Behind a Large Digital Legacy When We Die – Here’s How to Plan What Happens to It (The Conversation)
- Internet Archive (Main Site)
- An Inside Look at How the Internet Archive Saves the Web (BBC Reel)
UMSI Student Hamza Naveed Among 50 Selected Nationwide for Google Summit (UMSI)
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