Alyssa Julya Smith visited the USC Institute for Technology earlier this month where she learned about research being conducted in virtual reality from audio lead Jamison Moore and assistant professor Ari Shapiro. Alyssa became an avatar herself, placed in a virtual world with the nation's third president, Thomas Jefferson. We talk how virtual reality is being implemented in educational settings and how the technology can add to a curriculum.

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Book authors settle copyright lawsuit with AI company Anthropic
A group of book authors has reached a settlement with AI company Anthropic after suing for copyright infringement. A federal appeals court filing Tuesday said both sides have negotiated a proposed class settlement, with terms to be finalized next week. Anthropic declined to comment. A lawyer for the authors called it a "historic settlement." In June, a federal judge ruled that Anthropic didn't break the law by training its chatbot on copyrighted books. However, the company was still facing trial over acquiring those books from online "shadow libraries" of pirated copies.
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