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Dec 5, 2025

Bytes: Week in Review - AI regulation ban fails, New York's algorithmic pricing law, and Amazon scales back AI anime dubs

Maria Curi, tech policy reporter at Axios, joins Marketplace’s Meghan McCarty Carino for this week’s Tech Bytes: Week in Review.

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Bytes: Week in Review - AI regulation ban fails, New York's algorithmic pricing law, and Amazon scales back AI anime dubs
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The Trump administration has been trying for months to ban AI regulations at the state level. And its latest gambit to roll such a measure into the congressional National Defense Authorization Act appears to have failed.

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise said Tuesday that GOP leadership is now “looking at other places” to include that measure after reportedly facing pushback from both parties.

Plus, New York recently became the first state to enforce an AI law designed to protect consumers from "algorithmic pricing."

And Amazon pulled back on AI dubbing for some international content after anime fans complained.

Marketplace’s Meghan McCarty Carino spoke with Maria Curi, tech policy reporter at Axios, to discuss all these headlines on this week’s Tech Bytes: Week in Review.

More on everything we talked about

Trump's push to overrule state AI regulations stalls - from Axios

Scalise says GOP leaders ‘looking at other places’ for AI preemption as NDAA push stalls - from The Hill

N.Y. Law Could Set Stage for A.I. Regulation’s Next ‘Big Battleground’ - from The New York Times

Amazon removes controversial AI dubs from multiple anime - from Polygon

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AI regulation ban fails, algorithmic pricing law, and AI anime dubs