Bytes: Week in Review

Plus, France bans children under 15 from social media, and Apple could reportedly rollout a lease-to-own program through Klarna. Will Oremus, staff writer at The Atlantic, joins Marketplace's Meghan McCarty Carino for this week's "Tech Bytes: Week in Review."

Plus, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul enacts a moratorium on AI data centers, and Uber tries to slow down the adoption of autonomous vehicles in D.C. Paresh Dave, senior writer at Wired, joins Marketplace's Meghan McCarty Carino for this week's "Tech Bytes: Week in Review."

Plus, China considers curbing overseas access to its models and Meta launches a new AI image generator. Maria Curi, tech policy reporter at Axios, joins Marketplace's Meghan McCarty Carino for this week's "Tech Bytes: Week in Review."

Plus, Meta is reportedly developing its own prediction markets app and Google makes an AI-related investment in independent film studio A24. Anita Ramaswamy, columnist at The Information, joins Marketplace's Meghan McCarty Carino for this week's "Tech Bytes: Week in Review."

Plus, SpaceX acquires AI coding platform Cursor, and Meta tries to boost employee morale. Paresh Dave, senior writer at Wired, joins Marketplace's Meghan McCarty Carino for this week's "Tech Bytes: Week in Review."

Plus, the Trump administration’s latest attempts to pass federal AI regulation and guidelines for prediction markets. Maria Curi, tech policy reporter at Axios, joins Marketplace’s Meghan McCarty Carino for this week’s “Tech Bytes: Week in Review.”

Plus, the White House's new executive order on AI and Florida's lawsuit against OpenAI. Liz Lopatto, senior reporter at The Verge, joins Marketplace’s Meghan McCarty Carino for this week’s “Tech Bytes: Week in Review.”

Plus, Robinhood to offer agentic trading and shopping to users, and rideshare drivers in Massachusetts unionize. Paresh Dave, senior writer at Wired, joins Marketplace’s Stephanie Hughes for this week’s “Tech Bytes: Week in Review.”

Plus, AI talk at graduation ceremonies this month drew loud backlash from students, and Elon Musk loses his lawsuit against OpenAI. Anita Ramaswamy, columnist at The Information, joins Marketplace's Stephanie Hughes for this week's "Tech Bytes: Week in Review."

Plus, Waymo recalls thousands of its robotaxis after one of its vehicles drove onto a flooded road, and Princeton is requiring in-person proctoring during exams amid AI-fueled cheating. Will Oremus, staff writer at The Atlantic, joins Marketplace's Stephanie Hughes for this week's "Tech Bytes: Week in Review."