Business, Spoken

The US government vowed to crack down on the sale of illegal nicotine vapes. They only got cheaper, fancier, and more potent. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Meta’s plans to use personal content posted by Facebook and Instagram users to train algorithms suggest our digital histories are being repackaged to teach AI about—and how to mimic—humanity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

An exegesis of the most ubiquitous piece of code on the web. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Not too long ago, services like GOOG-411, 118 118 and AQA used actual humans to answer questions with witty responses and encyclopedic knowledge. Today’s search engines could learn something. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Anthropic’s latest Claude AI model pulls ahead of rivals from OpenAI and Google. But advances in machine intelligence have lately been more incremental than revolutionary. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After a user backlash, Adobe has been forced to clarify how it will use creators’ work. But can it be trusted? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Paris officials have placed tough new restrictions on Airbnb rentals in recent years. The company is using the Olympics to try and win over locals and broaden its footprint in the iconic city. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the mid-2000s, Google engineer Orkut Büyükkökten’s self-titled social network briefly took the world by storm before disappearing. Now he’s back, with a plan for a happier social media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apple is eager to show us that its approach to artificial intelligence is safer, better, and more useful than the competition. Maybe that's just a hallucination, but it's working. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

How China Demands Tech Firms Reveal Hackable Flaws in Their Products Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

LinkedIn’s new generative AI features include chatbots based on popular career coaches and tools to rewrite résumés and cover letters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tesla shareholders will decide whether to back Elon Musk’s leadership—and unprecedented 11-figure bonus—in a pivotal moment for the carmaker. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The UN has released a draft of what might become a landmark agreement to protect human health and the environment. Emphasis on might. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Danish media outlets want a group deal with OpenAI amid fears that smaller countries will become marginalized as chatbots become prolific. If they don’t get one, they are threatening to sue. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Influencer Keith Gill, known online as Roaring Kitty, became a Pied Piper for amateur stock traders after sparking a historic GameStop short squeeze. But his next move could land him in big trouble. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Days after former employees said the company was being too reckless with its technology, OpenAI released a research paper on a method for reverse engineering the workings of AI models. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The hidden costs of the global food system are equivalent to 10 percent of global GDP, according to new analysis from the United Nations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Supposedly eco-friendly cups are still coated with a thin layer of plastic, which scientists have discovered can leach chemicals that harm living creatures. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The medical community's leading authority on traumatic brain injuries wants to make contact sports—which she loves—safer for everyone.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

ZeroMark wants to build a system that will let soldiers easily shoot a drone out of the sky with the weapons they’re already carrying—and venture capital firm a16z is betting the startup can pull it off. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We're bringing an extra episode from our show What's New. Extreme heat and droughts are cutting into hop plants’ yields and making them less bitter. But scientists and farmers are brewing up clever solutions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Google’s AI feature bumped my article down on the results page, but the new AI Overview at the top still referenced it. What gives? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Data on how often Google’s new AI Overviews feature appears on search results suggests that the company reduced its visibility even before recommendations like adding glue to pizza sauce went viral. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Companies like Amazon and Microsoft are racing to set up new data centers in Europe, but behind the scenes there's concern about how provide them enough power to meet AI's demands. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Biotech giant Bayer plans to distribute mustard greens that have been genetically altered to make them less bitter to grocery stores across the country. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices