Welcome to AI matters 8(2).

Welcome to the second issue of this year's AI Matters Newsletter. We open with a conference report by Louise Dennis, followed by a summary of events happening during 2022-2023 by Dilini Samarasinghe. This third article is a collection of responses to blue sky questions about AI education from the AAAI/ACM SIGAI New and Future AI Educator Program. Finally, the last issue by Register et al. discusses the pillars of joy and justice for AI, Machine Learning, and Data Science education.