Episode 42

News in AI for the Humanities 7/30/25

Explore the latest AI developments reshaping Humanities education and how the Humanities can shape AI! This episode covers Generative AI news since June 2025: OpenAI's enhanced voice mode with real-time translation, Meta's $14B investment in artificial superintelligence, Apple's translation technology, the emerging AI browser wars, coordinated development of educational AI tools across major platforms, Grok 4's controversial political bias, major copyright lawsuits, MIT's concerning study on AI's cognitive impact, and troubling findings about AI self-preservation behaviors. Discover what these developments mean for humanities educators, students, and the future of human-centered learning in an AI-transformed world. Listen to the song at the end for a summary of the episode.