It is maybe the one moment of tragedy where most 80s kids remember where they were when it happened. Today, RAD! 80s90s History is looking at the Challenger disaster.

Our guest is @fmanjoo

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Did you know that we could have had the answering machine decades before we actually got to buy one? Why the 1980s and 90s was an unusual time for an innovation explosion in communications technology. The history of the whole AT&T/Ma Bell breakup by the government. And how much did YOU beg your parents to get your own phone line in your bedroom?

The guest this episode is the actress Toni Trucks. @tonitrucks

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OpenAI has suspended access to Sora after an activist stunt. Anyone can train AI on your Bluesky posts, but that is by design, in a way. Elon is readying a straight ChatGPT competitor. And, of course, the Weekend Longreads Suggestions.

Links:

• OpenAI’s Sora video generator appears to have leaked (TechCrunch)
• OpenAI hits pause on video model Sora after artists leak access in protest (Washington Post)
• Someone Made a Dataset of One Million Bluesky Posts for 'Machine Learning Research' (404Media)
• Inside Elon Musk’s Quest to Beat OpenAI at Its Own Game (WSJ)
• Yes, That Viral LinkedIn Post You Read Was Probably AI-Generated (Wired)

Weekend Longreads Suggestions:

• Should You Still Learn to Code in an A.I. World? (NYTimes)
• Bad influence (The Verge)

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