Meta wants AI chats to be private
Summary
Marketplace Tech Bytes covers Waymo’s voluntary recall of 3,800 robo-taxis after one drove into a flooded road in San Antonio, highlighting challenges in adapting AI to new environments. The episode also discusses WhatsApp’s new private AI chat feature, which prevents Meta from using data for training, and Princeton’s decision to end its unsupervised exam honor code due to rising AI-fueled cheating. Host Stephanie Hughes interviews Willa Remus from The Atlantic to analyze these shifts in technology and education.
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Waymo recall after robo-taxi drives into flooded road
WhatsApp launches private incognito mode for AI chats
Sponsors: Freedom From Religion Foundation and Marketplace
Princeton ends honor code exams due to AI cheating
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