cover of episode S.B.F Goes to Jail  + Back to School with A.I. + Self-Driving Car Update

S.B.F Goes to Jail + Back to School with A.I. + Self-Driving Car Update

Publish Date: 2023/8/18
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When Sam Bankman-Fried was arrested in December, he was confined to his parents’ house — but he was left free to roam the internet. Today, the New York Times reporter David Yaffe-Bellany talks about how access to the cyberworld allowed Mr. Bankman-Fried to violate his bail terms and land himself in jail.

Then, how universities can manage a generative A.I. world.

Plus: another look at autonomous vehicles.

On Today’s Episode:

  • David Yaffe-Bellany, a cryptocurrency and financial technology reporter for The New York Times.
  • Ethan Mollick, an associate professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania who is experimenting with generative A.I. in the classroom.

Additional Information:

  • Sam Bankman-Fried was sent to jail after violating his bail terms. The court dispute over his bail focused on a New York Times article that described writings by Caroline Ellison, an FTX executive who had also dated Mr. Bankman-Fried.
  • A driverless car got stuck in wet concrete in San Francisco this week.