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Episode number 142 – August 17th 2023
– Belly button lint, crypto, RIAA, and OpenAI

This week's guest: Daniella Daguerre from Main Library

Links to this week’s stories:

What is in your belly button?:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2023/08/14/bellybutton-lint-what-is-it/

Worldcoin:

https://restofworld.org/2023/worldcoin-kenya-suspended-scammers-cash-in/

Internet Archive versus RIAA:

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/08/record-labels-sue-internet-archive-for-digitizing-obsolete-vintage-records/?comments=1&comments-page=1

https://www.techdirt.com/2023/08/14/riaa-piles-on-in-the-effort-to-kill-the-worlds-greatest-library-sues-internet-archive-for-making-it-possible-to-hear-old-78s/

OpenAI financial woes:

https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/chatgpts-fate-hangs-in-the-balance-as-openai-reportedly-edges-closer-to-bankruptcy

OpenAI purchasing?:

https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/16/openai-acquires-ai-design-studio-global-illumination/

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2M3VXCR