Marketplace Tech
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Startups are betting on a legalized peptide market
Marketplace Tech explores the booming peptide market, where startups are racing to capitalize on potential FDA regulatory changes in July.
How one company is using AI for improved wildfire risk mitigation
Marketplace Tech host Stephanie Hughes interviews Technosilva CEO Brian Speer about using AI to predict wildfires and extreme weather.
Google search gets an AI makeover
Marketplace Tech discusses Google’s major AI updates at I/O, including a new video generator and an expanded search bar.
AI's double-edged (cyber) sword
Marketplace Tech explores how advanced AI models like Anthropic’s Mythos are revolutionizing cybersecurity by rapidly detecting zero-day vulnerabilities.
What we learned from the Canvas hack
Marketplace Tech examines the Shiny Hunters ransomware attack on the Canvas education platform, which disrupted finals and led to a suspected ransom payment.
Study finds AI is making the internet more artificially happy
Marketplace Tech host Stephanie Hughes interviews Stanford researcher Maddie Boachek about a study on AI-generated websites.
Canada to share its hydropower with Northeast U.S.
Marketplace Tech explores new hydropower lines linking Quebec to New York and Massachusetts, aiming to reduce fossil fuel use.
Meta wants AI chats to be private
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.
Why audio deepfakes are so hard to spot
Marketplace Tech host Stephanie Hughes interviews UC Berkeley professor Hani Farid about the rise of AI voice cloning and its potential for fraud.
Raising kids in an AI-driven world
Marketplace Tech host Stephanie Hughes interviews journalist Joanna Stern about her new book, "I Am Not a Robot.
What AI can and can't do for you (for now)
Marketplace Tech host Stephanie Hughes interviews Joanna Stern, author of "I Am Not a Robot," about her year-long experiment using AI for daily tasks.
Amid Silicon Valley scramble for AI agent productivity, "token anxiety" takes hold
Marketplace Tech explores the rise of "token anxiety" in Silicon Valley, where professionals obsessively use AI agents to maximize productivity.
Anthropic’s new, powerful allies: Elon Musk and SpaceX
Marketplace Tech Bytes covers Anthropic’s surprising compute deal with SpaceX amid Elon Musk’s legal battle with OpenAI.
Elon Musk is in court arguing that OpenAI abandoned its nonprofit model
Marketplace Tech examines Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging the company abandoned its non-profit mission for profit.
Does AI save time in police work?
Marketplace Tech explores how police departments are integrating AI, specifically Axon’s DraftOne, to automate report writing.
Can AI improve your odds of finding good childcare?
Marketplace Tech host Stephanie Hughes interviews Winnie CEO Sarah Moskoff about adapting the childcare marketplace to AI.
A bill that bans kids from using AI chatbots is gaining momentum
Marketplace Tech examines the bipartisan Guard Act, which bans AI companions for minors under 18, after it passed the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Taylor Swift vs. AI
Marketplace Tech Bytes covers Google’s new Pentagon AI deal, which faces employee pushback and regulatory scrutiny.
Middle East tensions are putting tech supply chains under pressure
The war with Iran is disrupting global tech supply chains, causing shortages and price spikes for critical materials like helium, copper, and plastics.
How this startup is bringing nuclear power to AI data centers
Marketplace Tech explores how startup Kairos Power is developing molten salt nuclear reactors to meet the surging energy demands of AI data centers.
Introducing the world’s largest Math Olympiad database
Marketplace Tech host Stephanie Hughes interviews Mark Hamilton from MIT and Google DeepMind about a new dataset of 30,000 International Math Olympiad problems.
What a reform to Section 702 could look like
Marketplace Tech examines the impending expiration of FISA Section 702, a surveillance law allowing warrantless data collection on foreign nationals that often captures Americans' communications.
Bytes: Week in Review — Apple’s new CEO, Meta's latest AI play, and Roblox's safety updates
Marketplace Tech reviews Apple’s leadership transition as John Ternus succeeds Tim Cook, signaling a renewed focus on hardware innovation.
Anti-AI data center sentiment is becoming a political issue
Marketplace Tech host Stephanie Hughes discusses the growing political backlash against data center expansion with Brookings Institution’s Tony Pippa.
When do tech companies need to be consistently profitable?
Marketplace Tech host Stephanie Hughes discusses Snap’s recent layoffs and pressure from activist investor Renic Capital to achieve profitability.
News sites are blocking access to Internet Archive's Wayback Machine
Marketplace Tech explores why news publishers are blocking the Wayback Machine, fearing AI companies will use archived content to train models without compensation.
California buildings must limit "embodied carbon." Here's what that means
Marketplace Tech explores California’s new building code regulating embodied carbon for large non-residential structures.
Bytes: Week in Review — AI companies divided over proposed state law, Amazon buys Globalstar, and Spotify to sell physical books
Marketplace Tech Bytes covers three key stories with Axios reporter Maria Curie.
One way to avoid AI altogether? Retire early
Marketplace Tech host Stephanie Hughes and Wall Street Journal reporter Lauren Weber discuss how AI adoption is accelerating the retirement of older U.
How botnets infiltrate the internet of things
Marketplace Tech host Stephanie Hughes interviews cybersecurity journalist Brian Krebs about botnets compromising routers and TV boxes.
States are getting crypto‑curious
Marketplace Tech explores how states like Texas, Arizona, and New Hampshire are passing laws to invest in cryptocurrency.
Is “made by humans” the new premium label?
Marketplace Tech host Stephanie Hughes explores whether "human-made" can become a key selling point as AI permeates design.