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In this episode of Week in Edtech, Ben and Alex discuss:1. Big Tech:
- Meta launches “Seamless” LLM for speech-to-speech translation. Multi-modal** **innovation)
- Meta’s Instagram also made news in all the wrong ways
- Higher Ed:
- StraighterLine Partners with Acadeum to Offer College Course Sharing)
3. In Other News...
- U.S. Department of Education Holds Off On New Rules for Third-Party Servicers… For Now
- Curriculum Associates Acquires SoapBox Labs
- ParentSquare Acquires Remind
- 2U finances unveiled by Phil Hill, doesn't look good
- Portland Teachers Strike Ends after a month and nobody is happy)
- Congress (Tom Cotton) pushing a ban on cell phones in school)
Special Guests:
- Sara Mauskopf) from Winnie)** **discuss Early Childhood Education
- **Candice Faktor )from Disco) **discuss Community Powered Learning
