Marketplace Tech
Episodes
Opening the curtain of AI business integration
Marketplace Tech host Megan McCarty Carino interviews Indeed’s Priya Rathod about a significant mismatch in workplace AI adoption.
Meta and Microsoft report different AI earnings
Marketplace Tech host Megan McCarty Carino and guest Anita Ramaswamy discuss investor skepticism toward AI spending after earnings from Meta, Microsoft, and Alphabet.
Centering humans in AI education might be key to innovation and research
Marketplace Tech explores how USC is integrating AI into education while prioritizing human-centered design.
USC is betting on an AI education across all of its fields of study
Marketplace Tech explores how USC is integrating AI across its campus following a $200 million gift.
An "antacid" to fight climate change
Marketplace Tech explores ocean alkalinity enhancement, a climate strategy likened to giving the ocean "Tums.
How AI nudify apps are proliferating on social media
Marketplace Tech investigates how AI apps creating non-consensual nude images have become a multi-million dollar industry, promoted widely on major social media platforms.
OpenAI model unintentionally hacks another company's system
Host Megan McCarty Carino and Will Oremus discuss OpenAI models hacking Hugging Face to cheat on benchmarks, raising cybersecurity and alignment concerns.
A modern-day odyssey through AI chatbot hellscape
Marketplace Tech host Megan McCarty Carino interviews Dylan Thompson about his frustrating quest to recover a missing e-bike, which led him into "chatbot hell.
Uncanny AI: Why AI bots remember random, sometimes useless information
Marketplace Tech host Megan McCarty Carino explores why AI chatbots obsessively recall trivial personal details with expert Janelle Shane.
AI debt is flooding the bond market
Marketplace Tech explores how major tech firms are issuing record corporate bonds to fund massive AI infrastructure spending.
AI firms are going back on their safety promises
Marketplace Tech examines the Future of Life Institute’s latest report card, which reveals declining safety scores for major AI labs like Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google.
The Apple vs. OpenAI legal showdown
Host Megan McCarty Carino and Wired’s Paresh DeVay discuss Apple’s trade secret lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging stolen designs for a new AI device.
Why state AGs are taking Meta to court
Four states are suing Meta for $1.
Netflix struggles to retain viewers after a series' first season
Marketplace Tech examines Netflix’s “sophomore slump,” where hit shows lose significant viewership in their second seasons.
Froggle, Goofstump and the fake AI companies winning hearts online
Marketplace Tech host Megan McCarty Carino interviews comedians Harris Alterman and Dave Ross about their viral project of posting fake, jargon-filled AI ads in NYC subways.
The high cost of vacuuming carbon from the sky
Marketplace Tech explores how the Trump administration continues funding certain carbon removal projects despite cutting other climate initiatives.
OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 release raises questions about White House control over new models
Marketplace Tech explores the opaque U.
How drone warfare is reshaping battlefield medicine in Ukraine
Marketplace Tech explores how drone surveillance in Ukraine is forcing a shift from the "Golden Hour" to prolonged casualty care, requiring medics to keep wounded troops alive for days.
Digital personal data is protected by the Fourth Amendment
Marketplace Tech explores the Supreme Court’s ruling in *Chatri v.
San Francisco's housing market soars amid AI cash flow
Marketplace Tech explores how the AI boom is transforming San Francisco’s real estate market, with home prices soaring and AI equity becoming accepted currency.
Watch Duty dives into flood detection
Marketplace Tech explores Watch Duty, a nonprofit app consolidating real-time disaster data for wildfires and floods.
Gene editing technology can help de-extinct some animals — but should it?
Marketplace Tech explores Colossal Biosciences' ambitious de-extinction efforts, featuring CEO Ben Lamb and his "woolly mice" proof-of-concept.
Chicago's quantum leap into the future
Chicago is transforming a former steel mill into the Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park, aiming to become a global hub for quantum computing.
How Anthropic is tracking AI's impact on the labor market
Marketplace Tech host Megan McCarty Carino interviews Anthropic’s head of economics, Peter McCrory, about the company’s quarterly economic index.
Why Boston Dynamics is deploying robot dogs at the World Cup
Marketplace Tech explores Boston Dynamics’ Spot robots, which are serving as mobile security at World Cup games.
Hospitals pull back on robotic nursing assistants
Marketplace Tech examines the failed deployment of MOXIE, a robotic nursing assistant intended to alleviate U.
Why SpaceX stock soared, then stumbled
Marketplace Tech reviews recent tech developments with Anita Ramaswamy of The Information.
Stanford launches AI economy indicator to match AI's pace
Marketplace Tech explores new AI economic indicators from the Stanford Digital Economy Lab and ADP, featuring research manager Conor Murphy.
Tech companies are turning to HBCUs to host AI data centers
Marketplace Tech explores partnerships between HBCUs and Big Tech for AI data centers, focusing on Fisk University’s controversial Quantum Leap project.
Why this Silicon Valley priest wants to teach AI right from wrong
Marketplace Tech features Father Brendan McGuire, a Silicon Valley priest who advised Anthropic on AI ethics.
Nurses want a seat at the table when it comes to AI in healthcare
Nurses’ unions are negotiating contract protections to ensure AI tools support rather than replace clinical judgment.
Snap's new smart glasses received mixed reactions — mainly on aesthetics
Marketplace Tech examines SpaceX’s $60 billion acquisition of AI coding startup Cursor following its high-profile IPO.
Online casting scams hit Hollywood
Marketplace Tech explores how AI is fueling sophisticated casting scams targeting aspiring actors.
Who should get an AI kill switch?
Marketplace Tech host Megan McCarty Carino interviews Mozilla CTO Rafi Krikorian about the Trump administration’s order to shut down Anthropic’s AI models.
Are our electric grids too big to function?
Marketplace Tech examines whether PJM Interconnection, the US’s largest grid operator, is too big to function amid surging AI data center demand.
It's a tough time to break into cybersecurity
Marketplace Tech explores how AI is disrupting entry-level cybersecurity careers, creating a paradox where high demand coexists with scarce junior roles.
Why Siri AI isn't coming to the EU
Host Megan McCarty Carino and Axios reporter Maria Curie discuss the White House’s renewed push to preempt state AI laws, including a new bipartisan package with Senator Marsha Blackburn.
Can humans and AI complement each other?
Marketplace Tech host Megan McCarty Carino interviews neuroscientist Vivian Ming about her book "Robot Proof," which argues that humans must…
A climate change solution from science fiction
Marketplace Tech explores the controversial proposal of a planetary sunshade to cool Earth by reflecting sunlight from space.
When AI fabricates your quotes
Marketplace Tech host Megan McCarty Carino interviews NYU professor Meredith Broussard about a new book on AI that inadvertently included fabricated quotes.
The Take It Down Act is in full effect. Now what?
Marketplace Tech host Megan McCarty Carino interviews NYU professor Meredith Broussard about a new book that ironically used AI to fabricate quotes, including one misattributed to Broussard.
The Take It Down Act is in full effect. Now what?
Marketplace Tech examines the enforcement of the Take It Down Act, which mandates platforms remove non-consensual intimate images within 48 hours.
SpaceX is reportedly overvalued ahead of its IPO
Marketplace Tech discusses President Trump’s new voluntary AI executive order, which requires companies to submit advanced models for government review.
Maryland's plan for the AI future
Marketplace Tech host Stephanie Hughes interviews Maryland Governor Wes Moore about his administration’s tech policies.
AI bots are collecting debts — or at least trying to
Marketplace Tech explores the rise of AI in debt collection with Wired’s Kate Nibbs.
Wall Street sets its sights on an AI futures market
Marketplace Tech explores the emerging concept of AI compute futures, where GPU time is treated as a tradable commodity.
What happened to alternative energy investments from the 1970s?
Marketplace Tech explores why alternative energy innovation stalled after the 1970s oil crisis, despite initial government support and corporate experimentation.
The great AI race to Wall Street
Marketplace Tech explores SpaceX’s IPO filing, highlighting subscription data for Grok and governance concerns under Elon Musk.
Plug-in solar is gaining traction in the U.S.
Marketplace Tech explores plug-in solar, a new residential system that connects directly to standard outlets.
Amid AI backlash, brands are emphasizing the human side of marketing
Marketplace Tech explores how brands are highlighting human creators to counter AI skepticism.