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Matt Levin

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Matt covers AI for Marketplace, where he tries to be as polite as he can to every chatbot he meets … because, well, he’s seen sci-fi movies. Matt also covers some crypto and housing, with a taste for stories that make you say: "huh, that's kinda weird.”

Before joining Marketplace Matt was a data and housing reporter for CalMatters, focused on California politics and policy. Before that he was a statistics jockey for a think tank, focused on poverty and inequality. And long before that Matt was a really terrible teenage cashier for Toys R Us.

Matt’s previous honors include awards from the Online News Association and regional Edward R. Murrow Awards and SPJ awards.

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California almond industry braces for trade war under Trump

by Matt Levin
Jan 6, 2025
Roughly 70% of California's almond harvest is shipped overseas. Now, almond growers there are worried about becoming collateral damage in a trade war escalation under Trump's second term.
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Soon, we'll be chatting about a new buzzword: "agentic AI"

by Matt Levin
Dec 26, 2024
Companies are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence agents to perform some of the complex tasks once assigned to humans.
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A farewell to copyright protection for Hemingway, Hammett — and Popeye

by Matt Levin
Dec 25, 2024
"A Farewell to Arms" is among the works entering the public domain in 2025.
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Amazon's need for office space is putting it in a tight spot. It's not alone.

by Matt Levin
Dec 19, 2024
In desirable districts, the space glut is over. Many companies see their business, and need for working quarters, expanding in the near future.
Amazon's Seattle headquarters. The tech leader is reportedly delaying return-to-office plans because it doesn't have enough room.
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Low mortgage rates make owners feel locked in — and leave buyers in the cold

by Matt Levin
Dec 18, 2024
With the "lock–in effect" shrinking inventory, 1.7 million fewer homes were sold between 2022 and 2024, per a federal housing study. 
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Why sky-high cocoa prices don't deter chocolate lovers

by Matt Levin
Dec 17, 2024
Craft chocolate lovers will eat the higher prices, experts say. But others may alter their consumption habits.
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Who's ahead in the AI arms race — Microsoft? Google? Meta?

by Matt Levin
Dec 16, 2024
The early technological lead OpenAI had is fading, as Google and Meta continue to release and iterate competing AI products.
The early technological lead that OpenAI had on the generative AI front is fading.
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Lost doge: A crypto millionaire finds his way back after Trump victory, but might pay dearly

by Matt Levin
Dec 10, 2024
Glauber Contessoto might be the biggest dogecoin evangelist not named Elon Musk. He's got one big worry now.
Glauber Contessoto (left) poses at the premiere of a film about dogecoin at the 2023 Tribeca Film Festival.
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What if the job market had a Spotify Wrapped?

by Matt Levin
Dec 6, 2024
We asked economists which songs embodied the American labor market in 2024.
This week, Spotify dropped its annual Wrapped, which lists users' most-played songs and artists of the year.
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Bitcoin's latest surge is great for miners — not so much for the environment

by Matt Levin
Dec 5, 2024
The companies whose transactions create bitcoin do well when the currency is up, but need more energy to keep going.
A bitcoin mining plant in Niagara Falls, New York.
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