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Preparing Today's Kids for the AI Future
How to teach your kids future-proof AI skills, Perplexity in hot water, Zuckerberg throws shade at competitors and more.
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June 28, 2024
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🎙 Daily Podcast Episode: AI literacy is becoming the most important skillset in the business world. So why aren’t we teaching kids those skills? We have an expert break down what we can do. Give it a listen.
🕵️♂️ Fresh Finds: Rain AI hires Apple vet, Nokia buys Infinera for $2.3B and how landlords are using AI chatbots. Read on for Fresh Finds.
🗞 Byte Sized Daily AI News: Perplexity in trouble over plagiarism, Mark Zuckerberg takes a shot at AI competitors and ChatGPT and Copilot have some issues during the U.S. Presidential election. For that and more, read on for Byte Sized News.
🚀 AI In 5: Anthropic just released a (kinda) clone of ChatGPT’s custom GPTs. We give you what you need to know about Claude’s new ‘Projects’ feature. See it here
🧠 Learn & Leveraging AI: Wondering what we can do to teach the younger generation AI literacy? Here’s a few solutions. Keep reading for that!
↩️ Don’t miss out: Did you miss our last newsletter? We talked about U.S. ranked #1 in AI innovation, OpenAI and Times strike a deal, what AI experts are doing wrong and more! Check it here!
Preparing Today's Kids for the AI Future 🧑🏫️
There's a constant battle happening with cyber security and GenAI that we’re not aware of.
While AI can benefit the evolution of cyber, it also can be a double-edged sword.
So what do you need to be aware of and what precautions should you take?
Glen Pendley, Chief Technology Officer at Tenable, joins us to discuss GenAI's impact on cyber security.
Join the conversation and ask Jordan and Glen questions on GenAI and cyber here.
Also on the pod today:
• Role of AI in Education 📝
• Importance of early AI Education 🧠
• Ethical and responsible teaching of AI ⚖️
It’ll be worth your 36 minutes:
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Here’s our favorite AI finds from across the web:
New AI Tool Spotlight – Briefy is an AI knowledge assistant, Scoopika is an AI agent for your application and Autojobs helps you apply to more jobs in less time.
AI Startups – Rain AI, backed by Sam Altman, has hired an Apple chip vet to lead hardware.
AI Data - Honor, a Chinese smartphone manufacturer, says that AI is worthless without data privacy.
Money in AI – Nokia inks a $2.3B deal to buy Infinera in hopes to fuel an AI data center.
Pop Culture - Twitch’s CEO says that AI will benefit livestreaming creators.
Read This – Landlords have started to use AI chatbots to manage their properties.
1. Google’s Vertex AI Enhances Accuracy & Control for AI Models ☁️
Google Cloud's Vertex AI is adding new capabilities aimed at improving accuracy and control in AI models. By integrating specialized third-party datasets from providers like Moody’s, MSCI, Thomson Reuters, and ZoomInfo, organizations can now enhance the quality of their AI results.
The introduction of features such as high-fidelity mode, Vector Search expansion, and dynamic retrieval further empowers users to fine-tune their AI experiences for optimal performance.
2. Perplexity in Hot Water Over Plagiarism and Content Scraping 😬
Perplexity, the AI startup led by CEO Aravind Srinivas, is facing scrutiny for allegedly plagiarizing articles and bypassing website permissions in its quest to become an "answer engine." The company, known for its AI search product, has sparked controversy by using AI-generated content and disregarding standard web crawling instructions.
Despite its ambitious goal of rivaling Google Search and securing significant funding, Perplexity's questionable practices have made it a lightning rod for media industry frustrations.
3. SoftBank's $186 Billion Bond Sales for AI 💸
SoftBank Group Corp made headlines by raising a staggering $186 billion through dollar and euro bond sales, marking a significant move to expand its investments in artificial intelligence. The issuance included two dollar tranches totaling $900 million and two euro tranches raising €900 million, with funds aimed at retiring debt and funding operations, fueling optimism towards future AI investments.
Investors are injecting money into SoftBank Group in anticipation of growth potential in AI-related fields, as the company aims to quicken its pace of activity in this area.
4. ChatGPT and Copilot Controversy During Presidential Debate 🇺🇸
NBC News reported that OpenAI's ChatGPT and Microsoft's Copilot helped spread a false claim about the broadcast delay during a presidential debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump. The chatbots echoed a baseless assertion about CNN airing the event with a 1-2 minute delay, leading to speculation about potential manipulation of footage.
With election season heating up, tech companies are on high alert as AI tools like these chatbots could impact outcomes and pose risks to democracy.
5. Mark Zuckerberg Throws Shade at Competitors Over AI Development 👀
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg throws shade at unnamed competitors, criticizing their belief in a singular, all-powerful AI and emphasizing the importance of open-source AI tools. In a recent interview, Zuckerberg highlighted the need for a variety of AI creations to reflect diverse interests, hinting at Meta's plans to expand AI technology beyond smartphones.
His comments come amidst reports of Meta's failed negotiations with Apple to integrate AIs into Apple's operating systems.
Custom GPT clone? How To Use Anthropic Claude’s new Projects
Claude just launched a competitor to ChatGPT’s custom GPTs in its ‘Projects.’
We give you the 101, how to use Claude Projects and the pros and the cons.
And there’s ONE feature that sets it apart from GPTs.
Check out today's AI in 5.
🦾How You Can Leverage:
If so many schools are still banning AI, how can we prepare the next generation?
Easier said than done, TBH.
To help us tackle the big ol elephant in the room, we tapped into insights from David Dodge. David is the Founder and CEO of CodaKid, an online training program teaching kids to code.
He shared with us some best practices to balance AI education and technical skill development for younger kids while still building soft skills that may become even more important in the years to come.
Because let’s be honest — we’ve got a potentially disastrous situation brewing here in the U.S.
AI skills are the most in-demand skills that employers are looking for, yet so many schools and universities aren’t teaching or are banning AI.
Yikes.
So let’s dig a bit deeper, and dish out what you need to know about future generations should be approaching AI. 👇
1 – Coding can still mission critical️ 🚀
Could the CEO of the hottest company in the world be wrong?
NVIDIA’s Jensen Huang grabbed headlines earlier this year when he said kids shouldn’t learn to code and should instead leave it to AI.
David, the founder of a kid’s coding academy and all, had a different viewpoint. He stressed that knowing the basics—loops, variables, Boolean logic—is still absolutely crucial. These skills are essential to build things and understand how AI works. Without them, kids won't be able to effectively use AI tools or collaborate on projects.
Try this:
We’ll find the middle ground, here, because both can be true.
Do we think hand-coding will be kinda useless in 5-10 years? Probably.
Do we think kids should still learn to code today? Definitely.
Here’s the reality — LLMs like ChatGPT and Claude are fantastic at writing code. And when you look at coding-specific AI tools like GitHub Copilot, Tabbing, CodeWhisperer, Replit, Codium and others, there’s no shortage of crazy powerful coding AI copilots.
Buuuuuuuut you’ve still gotta learn the fundamentals of coding, TBH. Until we have agentic workflows that are kid-friendly, we see Coding 101 today kinda like how important learning typing was for kids in the 90s.
Here’s a great read from Psychology Today about why AI shouldn’t make coding for kids less important.
2 – Creative and soft skills are crucial 🗣️
Are future kids just gonna becoming walking, talking chatbots?
Like how your 12-year-old nephew can’t even hold a conversation with real humans in the real world because of social media?
Growing up with too much AI could be a concern. Yes, parents need to take a more active role of basic AI education at home, David said, especially if their school is either banning or not actively teaching AI.
But, some of the best AI-ready skills for kids to master are actually soft skill and creative skills, David said.
Creative thinking. Communication. Ingenuity. Problem-solving. Value creation.
Try this:
Wanna make your kids AI-ready? Think outside of the chatbot.
Engage your kids in activities that promote critical thinking and problem-solving. Encourage them to work on projects that require creative solutions, whether it’s building a model, solving puzzles, or participating in science fairs.
Take it one step further — work on specific, pointed communication skills. Flex the lexicon. This techspective article has great insights on why communication skills are actually AI skills.
3 – Encourage Kidpreneurship 🧒
Gone are the lemonade stands of the 80s and 90s.
(Yeah, Jordan actually A/B tested his lemonade stands as a kid. Lolz)
David dropped a great example of a fun way to get kids future-proof ready — Kidpreneurship.
The new school lemonade stands? Kids monetizing their Roadblox modifications. Or, using AI to help brainstorm, code and launch an app.
Try this:
This is where large language models can change learning.
David talked about how AI can turn tasks that might have took kids months down into a couple hours. With the help of AI, kids can ideate, create and launch and entire app, as an example, for all of their friends to download and use.
We actually talked with a father-son duo on how Kaz Keller was doing exactly that!
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Numbers to watch
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